Huamo

The buds were suddenly pecked off by birds, and they were brutally strangled before they germinated.

【Royal Palace·Fengci Palace】

Li Jinsha took Gongsun Ke from the dense forest behind the palace to the place where he must pass through when he met Nangong Ling on special occasions. Everywhere he went, there were vines growing on both sides, even in the early spring when everything was recovering, it was still a secret extremely strong.

Gongsun Ke was hugged quietly all the time, his big light gray eyes kept looking around, vigilant like a wild wolf.

When they came to the backyard of Fengci Palace, Li Jinsha and Gongsun Ke suddenly saw a few palace maids with worried faces, and the other party was taken aback when they saw them, and then hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down: "Your Majesty, Admiral Li."

"Where is the empress?"

"Your Majesty locked herself in the house and never came out..."

"Take me to see."

Li Jinsha put Gongsun Ke down, and then followed the maid to Nangong Ling's bedroom.

Arriving in front of Nangong Ling's bedroom, Li Jinsha walked up the steps, knocked on the carved wooden door embroidered with phoenix patterns, and said, "Your Majesty, it's me."

There was no words in the dead, like an empty cage, only the endless loneliness of the long night, permeating the entire harem of the Dahua Dynasty.

"Miss?"

He frowned, but he would never take that step of disrespecting his master. He still stood firmly outside the door, waiting for Nangong Ling's response.Perhaps in his 21-year-old cognition, this woman is always his master, no matter what purpose or scheming she has.

As if he finally agreed to it after being called out by him, Li Jinsha clearly heard light footsteps slowly approaching in the hall, so he stood by the door.

"Forgive me for talking too much, what is your empress hiding?"

"Jinsha, you go back."

Li Jinsha lowered his voice and signaled Gongsun Ke who was about to come up with his eyes, and the latter obediently moved away.Then, as if he had waited on this woman in fear when he was a child, he said in a low voice, "I'm just worried about your mother. I just heard that the general also got news, so I'm afraid that something will happen to my mother."

Nangong Ling smiled softly, and the voice came from the carved wooden door weakly, and only Li Jinsha could hear it: "What can happen to the Ai family? The big deal is death."

Li Jinsha was stunned, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't say that."

"There is one thing Aijia never told you, Jinsha."

"Mother, please speak."

"Do you know why, out of so many young eunuchs in Dongchang, why did I choose you?"

"Your Majesty once told the servant that it was because it was pleasing to the eye."

"That's a lie to you," Nangong Ling laughed softly, as if she couldn't bear it like a loving mother: "That's because someone entrusted the father-in-law who was in charge of the palace at that time to say good things, and asked the Ai family to pick you out."

There was a momentary freeze in his mind, and Li Jinsha didn't realize it for a while: "Who is it?"

"It's not clear. Aijia originally thought that it was your family who wished you a good future, but later I heard that you entered the palace through human trafficking, and your family would not know about it." Nangong Ling said slowly: " It’s impossible for Ai’s family to find out if they haven’t checked, and that’s all they know.”

Li Jinsha only felt that this matter was absurd and ridiculous. Someone paid him so that he would have a bright future in office?It's ridiculous!But the top priority, he said: "Mother, the situation is critical now, why not use the tactic of slowing down the army first, and agree to those ministers, so as to relieve the urgent need."

"No need, you can't escape the fifteenth day on the first day of the new year." Nangong Ling said: "Jinsha, you can take Ke'er back first, the Ai family has its own way."

"Queen!" Gongsun Ke, who had been waiting under the steps but couldn't hear clearly, was in a hurry. He couldn't help but ran up and knocked on the carved wooden door: "Queen, what are you doing!"

"Your Majesty, let's go back." Li Jin shook his hand and said.

Gongsun Ke opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and said to the door: "Mother, don't you talk to the emperor?"

"Your Majesty is in a bad mood, Your Majesty better not disturb her."

"what……"

Gongsun Ke shook his sleeves angrily and walked down the steps, angrily about to sit on the ground, but was pulled up by Li Jinsha, and whispered in his ear: "We won't go back, we will stay in the back of Fengci Palace first. "

Gongsun Ke understood immediately, made a happy face at him, then stretched out his hand and said, "Hold me over, easy work."

Li Jinsha was helpless, so he picked up Gongsun Ke in the posture just now and flew away.

Into dusk.

The courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty were still kneeling at the gate of Fengci Palace, and the sun was gradually setting in the west, and the twilight was dark and oppressive, as if it was about to crush the entire palace.Gongsun Jing looked at Gongsun Lu who had knelt with him all afternoon, motionless beside him. After all, he was the only one of his own flesh and blood.

But Gongsun Lu's face was calm, eyes closed, and he seemed to have wandered out of the sky, leaving the Bianling Palace, and walked towards the vast illusion of nothingness.

Suddenly all the ministers exclaimed: "Lord Ruan!"

I saw that Ruan Po's body was crooked unbearably, and he was still coughing non-stop, presumably because of his old age.And the other ministers supported him with all their hands and feet, persuading him: "Master Ruan, otherwise you should stop kneeling, it's good to have us here."

"Cough cough... no, cough cough... wait until the empress dowager..."

"Oh, when will the empress dowager wake up!" Yan Bo sighed.

"It's almost sunset, why hasn't there been any news from the generals over there?" Ling Tun was dissatisfied: "Could it be the same as the Queen Mother, sticking to the rules?"

"After all, generals leading troops are special, how can they be like us." Gongsun Yu said.

Gongsun Jing thought for a moment: "Everyone, please allow me to go to the arrow field to have a look. How about persuading General Caohu?"

Right now Nangong Ling has no possibility of changing her mind at all, and it might not be the best policy to just sit here, so all the ministers agree with this method, let generals lead troops to demonstrate, although it is risky, it may be really effective.So they all agreed, and Gongsun Jing was encouraged by the ministers to leave Fengci Palace first.

Kneeling Gongsun Lu suddenly opened his eyes, looking at his father's distant figure, his gray eyes were indifferent and complicated.

The sun has set, the sky is dark, and there are only a few stars on it, reflecting the bustling cage in darkness.Compared to the front of the palace, the forest behind Fengci Palace is as quiet as usual, and it is like this all year round.

"Does Your Majesty feel cold?"

Li Jinsha asked with some concern, Gongsun Ke stood here with him motionless all afternoon, and he didn't make any noise, didn't even cry hungry, besides playing with the flowers and plants, he just talked to himself, which wasn't too boring .

"It's okay, I wear a lot of clothes." Gongsun Ke leaned on him indifferently and said.

"In my opinion, His Majesty doesn't seem to really care about the Empress Dowager." Li Jinsha teased slightly.

Gongsun Ke stood on the grass, bouncing up and down, teasing the butterfly, chasing the wings that flickered in the dark, and replied non-stop: "It's okay, the queen mother is not my biological mother."

"Then why did His Majesty stand here for so long?"

"I see that you are too boring, so I come to accompany you." Gongsun Ke stopped chasing butterflies, approached him and held up a knitted ring: "Haha, I finally know how to make it, what do you think?"

Li Jinsha took it over and looked at the ring made of twigs. It was just right for wearing on the head, so he put it on for Gongsun Ke.

"It's not for me, it's for you!" Gongsun Ke snatched the garland from his hand and fastened it on his head. Finally seeing that it wasn't interesting enough, he planted a grass for him.

Li Jinsha took the grass with a smile, and said, "Your Majesty, this grass can't be inserted into the head randomly."

"Why?"

"If a person puts a grass on his head, he will sell himself." As he said, he couldn't help but think of the vague memory when he first entered the palace. At that time, a small group of children were pushed and shoved with grass on their heads. In the hands of those old eunuchs, they were scrutinized one by one.

"That's it," Gongsun Ke tilted his head: "But you are already my man, why are you selling yourself?"

"This is just a folk rule. I don't want your Majesty to make jokes in the future." Li Jinsha laughed.

"I won't." Gongsun Ke stretched out his hand to snatch back the grass sophistically, just when he saw the red agate finger on his hand, Yin Li's rosy red against the whiteness of porcelain, he couldn't help holding back: "What is this? It looks good."

"Your Majesty said that this is just a red agate from the southern country, so it should not be unusual for Your Majesty."

"Something from Nanyang? Do you like this?" Gongsun Ke held his hand and looked at it.

"It's a gift from others, and it looks good when you see it."

Gongsun Ke paused and asked, "Gongsun Lu sent it?"

As soon as the words fell, the two suddenly heard the sound of chaos in front of Fengci Palace, mixed with horseshoes, shouts of soldiers, and the voices of the loyal ministers and adopted sons complaining in front of the palace, like distant waves gradually rushing into the shore, overwhelming mountains and seas The momentum almost flooded the palace of the most powerful woman in the world.

Li Jinsha's expression froze, he held Gongsun Ke down and said, "Your Majesty, don't move around here." After speaking, he flew towards the front of the palace without waiting for the other party's answer.

The soldiers came to the gate of the palace, and the pennant fluttered wantonly in front of this always solemn and forbidden palace, as if it was constantly eroding and engulfing this solemn and solemn holy place of Qifeng.

In front of the gate of the palace, civil and military officials, and a few relatives of the emperor, surrounded Fengci Palace firmly, raising spears and halberds, staring covetously and aggressively.Under Gongsun Jing's unknowing words, Cao Huzhi, who was guarding the palace, was also filled with righteous indignation. He violated the precepts for the country, and led the forbidden army like wolves and tigers, holding a torch and marching arrogantly towards Fengci Palace at the dawn of night. Under the protection of the ministers and relatives of the Manchu Dynasty, they demonstrated in front of the Queen Mother's palace.

The arrival of the army undoubtedly excited the civil and military officials who had knelt for a whole day, and they got up one after another, as if they were like the valiant soldiers on horseback, hoarse