rebirth will be hard to find

After the Longevity Festival, the courts of Chu State were no longer as peaceful as before.

Because of King Qi, King Zhao, and King Wei, the three kings had accidents one after another, and everyone smelled something unusual.Some vassal kings intend to stay in Beijing to read the following, or do one or two activities, and some want to go back to the fief as soon as possible, after all, that is where they live and work.However, no matter how these vassal kings chose, they were all left in the capital in the end-all the requests for returning to the fief were all pressed by the old emperor.

After the Longevity Festival, when Chu Yi went to the Chonghua Palace again, he would often bump into the princes who came to pay a visit.There were so many people that even Chu Yi, who used to be the emperor, couldn't recognize them all.

After bumping into him a few times, Chu Yi couldn't help but remind the prince: "Brother Huang, these vassal kings don't go to see their father, but instead all come to you to beg for mercy. This is not a good thing."

How could the prince not know something that even Chu Yi could understand?He chuckled lightly, and replied: "Ah Yi don't have to worry, these royal fathers know about it, and he also intentionally kept these people away."

Of course Chu Yi could guess these things, but when he heard the prince say this, he still couldn't help but sigh with emotion: Although the old emperor was not a qualified father for her, and she didn't have any father-daughter relationship with him, but with him Prince, this emperor has poured all his efforts and trust into him.Otherwise, no matter which emperor you change to, I am afraid that it is impossible to let your grown-up prince "hook up" with the vassal kings like this.

But having said that, although the old emperor attacked the three princes one after another in one breath, in fact, he could not do such a thing as cutting the feudal domain, and let the crown prince appease those who could not return to the fiefdom. There is nothing wrong with the vassal kings.

Chu Yi saw that the prince had his own plans in mind, so he stopped talking.

Day after day, for Chu Yi who is in the deep palace, the days can be said to be unremarkable, except that her wedding ceremony is coming soon, and the prince will occasionally mention a word, and order people to prepare by the way, The past countless days and nights have not been different.The turmoil in the court hall was almost only a few calm words from the prince's mouth, which had no effect on her life at all.

On this day, it was time for Cheng Zian and Li Lin to take a rest.The two of them can go home when they are resting, but Chu Yi is not allowed to rest, and he also has to dare to go to the study early to study.

The sun was getting longer in spring, Chu Yi stepped out of the door of the dormitory, and saw the dawn light in the sky.She squinted her eyes and took a look, then led a group of people to the direction of the study. When passing by Qiyunxuan, she happened to see Li Lin pulling Cheng Zian out of the palace.

Every time he takes a rest, to Li Lin, it is like a prisoner in a prison finally waiting for the time to go out, and he is so excited.He thought Cheng Zian was walking slowly, so he even pulled her arm to make her walk faster.Unexpectedly, he ran into Chu Yi as soon as he turned his head. He was so frightened that he immediately gave away his hand, and took a step back, pretending to keep a distance from Cheng Zian, then saluted politely, and called out "Your Highness!" ".

Chu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, but seeing that Li Lin stopped quickly, he didn't say much after all.She waved her hand, said "Go early and come back early", looked at Cheng Zian again, and led a group of people to the study.

The two teenagers didn't stay for long, and after Chu Yi left, they excitedly headed towards the palace gate.

Cheng Zian and the others rested once every ten days. This day was no different from usual, and Chu Yi didn't take it to heart at all.After parting from Cheng Zian and the others, she hurriedly walked to the upper study room, only to find that Mrs. Zou, who was never late, hadn't come today!

The so-called precepts and deeds, Master Taifu has always set an example. If he hadn't informed in advance, even if he suddenly fell ill that day, he would definitely wait there before Chu Yi arrived at the upper study.In the two and a half years of this life, plus the many years in the previous life, Taifu Zou has never broken his promise once, so when Chu Yi stepped into the upper study room but did not see Taifu Zou, his heart suddenly felt a little bit, feeling a little bad.

"Why isn't Taifu here?" After a short period of surprise and anxiety, Chu Yi calmed down and asked the palace guard on duty in the upper study.

The palace servant in charge immediately went forward to salute and replied: "Return to Your Highness, Mr. Taifu did not enter the palace early this morning. Maybe there is something delayed on the way, and the slave has already sent someone to look for it at the gate of the palace."

Delayed?What will Taifu Zou be delayed by?What's the matter that made him delayed and didn't send someone over to deliver a letter in advance?

Chu Yi just thought about it for a while, and felt that he couldn't wait.She paced around the upper study room, and she simply led people to find the palace gate along the route that Mrs. Zou had taken to enter the palace.

Along the way, Chu Yi did not meet Mrs. Zou, who had come late, but first met Cheng Zian and Li Lin, who looked different.

"Didn't you Xiu Mu go out of the palace? Why did you come back?" Chu Yi was a little surprised. Seeing the two of them coming back, she was not surprised, but the uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense.

Sure enough, Cheng Zian frowned, and replied solemnly, "Your Highness, Li Lin and I were going to leave the palace in Japan today, but when we got to the gate of the palace, we found out that the gate of the palace is closed today and no one is allowed to enter or leave."

The gates of the palace are opened at Mao and closed at You, this is a rule, if there is no accident, it is impossible to close without reason.

Chu Yidang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Did something happen at the palace gate? Who ordered the palace gate to be closed?"

Cheng Zian shook his head: "When we passed by, the palace gate was still quiet, but the gate was closed tightly and no one was allowed to enter or leave. The guards guarding the gate said that the palace gate was closed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's order half an hour ago."

As soon as Chu Yi heard this, he didn't ask any more questions right away, and took the people with him and hurried towards the Chonghua Hall again.Cheng Zian and Li Lin naturally followed behind her. Both of them came from aristocratic families. At this time, they sensed something was wrong, so they followed Chu Yi closely, not daring to leave her, and went back to Qiyunxuan alone .

In order to make it easier for the princes to study, the upper study room is very close to the East Palace, and not far from the Chonghua Hall of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.Chu Yi had something on her mind, so she walked faster. She arrived at the Chonghua Palace in less than a cup of tea, but unexpectedly, she was in vain? !

"Brother Huang is not here?!" Chu Yi was very surprised. Today, when she is resting, the prince does not have to go to the morning court. Normally, he stays in his own Chonghua Palace, but the palace guards outside the bedroom told her that the prince is not in the palace. middle.

Fortunately, the palace people in Chonghua Palace knew how much their crown prince valued the princess, and they didn't hide it. They immediately replied: "Your Highness, don't worry, His Royal Highness went to Longteng Palace this morning, but he hasn't come back yet."

When Chu Yi heard this, he didn't stay longer in the Chonghua Palace, and turned around and led the people to the Longteng Palace.

Chu Yi seldom went to Longteng Hall, and the old emperor treated her coldly, so there was really no need for her to go up.But there was obviously something wrong with the movement today, and she didn't care too much, and rushed to the Dragon Palace in a hurry.

This time, Chu Yi was stopped outside Longteng Hall: "Longteng Hall is under martial law, no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

Chu Yi glanced at the guards who dared to stop her outside the hall, and the anger in her heart "crawled" up, but at the same time, she felt a little cold in her palms—no matter how incompetent she was, as a former It's impossible for the emperor to be too slow to guess anything, but it was because she guessed that she felt chills in her heart.

With a sullen face, Chu Yi got angry at the guard: "What are you, how dare you stop me?!"

The guard glanced at her, but was unmoved, and repeated again: "Longteng Palace is under martial law, no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

Chu Yi raised his foot to kick someone, but was stopped by Cheng Zian's sharp eyes and quick hands.If it was Li Lin or someone else who pulled her, Chu Yi would definitely kick the person who pulled her, but when she caught a glimpse of Cheng Zian, she restrained her anger and shouted at the guard: "You are stupid!" Huh? Hurry up and report!"

This time the guard did not refuse. There were nearly a hundred guards on duty outside the Longteng Hall, and there was not a lot without him. He saluted Chu Yi, then turned around and passed the guards, and ran into the gate of the hall.

Chu Yi waited patiently outside the Longteng Hall for half an hour before the guard led a servant back, and then let Chu Yi in, but left everyone except her outside the Longteng Hall.

Li Lin was a little uneasy, and Cheng Zian's eyes flickered, but Chu Yi didn't insist on bringing them all in. He just said "It's okay, you wait here for me", and followed the servant into the Dragon Hall.

This servant Chu Yi has seen him before, not in the Longteng Hall, but in the Chonghua Hall!From the moment she saw him, Chu Yi knew that [-]% of her guesses might be right—the servants of the Chonghua Palace are in charge of the Longteng Palace, and either His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has usurped the throne, or something happened to the old emperor No, His Royal Highness is worried about the people in Longteng Hall!In these two guesses, the possibility of the former is almost impossible.

The entire Longteng Palace was under martial law, and Chu Yi followed the servant all the way, and found that in this huge palace, there was no one in the palace.Occasionally, the only ones walking around in the Dragon Palace are the patrolling Imperial Forest Army and Habayashi Guard!

Chu Yi's hair was heavy, and she followed the servant and hurried away, instead of going to the main hall's study room, she went straight to the sleeping hall.

Not long after, the two arrived outside the bedroom, Chu Yi looked up, and saw the old and familiar back of the imperial physician Ling at a glance.She hurried past the servant leading the way, and after stepping into the bedroom, she saw the room full of imperial physicians without any surprise, including Xu Ze, who was recuperating the prince's body, and Chu Jingmo, who was in her palace, had been transferred here at some point.

Something happened to the old emperor!

Chu Yi's heart tightened at first, and then he saw His Highness the Crown Prince in apricot yellow prince's attire sitting beside him, and he breathed a sigh of relief.She took a few steps to the prince's side, and she didn't care about saluting in front of outsiders, so she hurriedly asked, "Brother Huang, what's the matter?"

His Highness the Crown Prince's expression was ugly, he glanced worriedly into the bedroom, then looked up at Chu Yi, and said in a heavy tone: "Ah Yi, the emperor is poisoned!"