Princess [rebirth]

On this day, a group of Habayashi soldiers who were supposed to protect the saints and the royal family suddenly left the palace. At [-] o'clock in the morning, when the first dawn drum sounded on the gate tower of the palace gate, the team of nearly a hundred people marched quietly and quickly. Go to Huai Palace.Not long after, the Yulin army came to Duke Huai's mansion, and surrounded Duke Huai's mansion without saying a word.At this moment, the sky was not yet bright, and the area around Duke Huai's Mansion was quiet, so even though the Habayashi Army was well-trained, the sound of horseshoes was still a bit harsh in the quiet morning.

The general who led the team got off his horse. At this moment, the concierge of Prince Huai's mansion had heard the movement, opened the gate quickly, and sent someone to inform the concubine.Unexpectedly, before the young man reached the second gate, he saw the servant girl next to the princess leading a soft sedan towards the gate.

The soft sedan stopped in front of the gate, and then Baicao, who had been following the soft sedan, hurried forward and lifted the cotton curtain, while Bai Ling reached out to help the princess get off the sedan chair, and the princess stepped out of the soft sedan chair, holding Bai Ling's hand to He walked a few steps forward, but did not approach the gate, but stood inside the gate, looking at the Habayashi Army outside the gate.

"The last general has seen the princess, and the princess is blessed." The general saw Princess Huai and immediately saluted Princess Huai respectfully. ?”

"Back to the princess, the general was ordered by the saint to escort Duke Huai into the palace. If there is any offence, I ask the princess to forgive me." The general said neither humble nor overbearing.

Princess Huai's eyebrows twitched when she heard this, her hands hidden in her sleeves were clenched into fists, she still had a calm look on her face, and she said slowly: "The sage has orders, I should obey them, but now it's not the Huai Palace. If you dare to resist the edict, the king has not returned to the mansion for many days, so this princess will follow you into the palace and ask the saint personally."

The general frowned when he heard that Duke Huai was not in the mansion. He held the saber at his waist, pondered for a while, and then said: "Then I will wrong the concubine and the general for a while."

Concubine Huai let out a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered the servants to prepare the car. At this time, the chief official of the palace had already arrived. After listening to the concubine's order, he did not dare to delay, so he watched the man set up the car in person. Before getting in the car, the concubine asked Zhu Changshi said softly: "Lang Jun and eldest sister will trouble you, no matter what, you can't let the king's people take them away."

"No, it's easy for the villain." Chang Shi replied quickly with a expressionless face but his lips twitched slightly.

After hearing this, the concubine got into the car with peace of mind, and then the car followed the general and headed all the way to the palace, but the Habayashi army surrounding Duke Huai's mansion did not retreat, causing panic among the people of Duke Huai's mansion.

At this time, Dou Zhirong, who was in her own courtyard, also received the news. Her heart skipped a beat, she jumped off the bed, and hurriedly put on her shoes. : "Oh, my good lady, please slow down, don't fall, you are in such a panic, where do you want to go?"

"Mother Jane, quickly bring my cloak, I'm going to brother's." Dou Zhirong called the maid to wait for her to wash, and said to Mrs. Jian.A group of people were in a hurry, and it was easy to get Dou Zhirong ready. Dou Zhirong wore a big cloak and left her courtyard with a few maids, heading for Dou Xun's courtyard ahead.

Dou Xun's courtyard was also brightly lit at this time, and the servant guarding the gate of the courtyard saw Dou Zhirong, and hurriedly bowed to salute, and sent someone in to report. After a while, Dou Xun's chief attendant came out to lead Dou Zhirong in person. go in.Dou Zhirong entered the main hall, and Dou Xun was already sitting in the main seat. The 16-year-old Lang Jun was still a little thin, but the calmness on his face and the faint composure made Dou Zhirong's heart slowly settle down.

"I've seen brother." Dou Zhirong blessed her body, and when Dou Xun saw her, she stood up and walked down to her seat to meet her in person. Dou Xunxu held her arm and said in a warm voice: "Young sister, how many children are you?" Thank you." Dou Zhirong followed his movements and got up, her eyes were slightly red when she raised her head.

"Don't be afraid, nothing will happen." Seeing this, Dou Xun led her to sit aside and comforted her softly.

"Brother, is Auntie okay?" For the first time, panic appeared on Dou Zhirong's face. Seeing this, Dou Xun felt a little distressed, and hurriedly served tea, and waved all the serving maids back, before saying: " Don't worry, it's not a bad thing for A Niang to go to the palace to meet the saint, at least she can try her best to clean up Duke Huai's mansion."

"How to pick it clean? A Niang wanted to send my brother to the northwest, but before he could act, the Habayashi Army came. The saint made it clear that he wanted to take down Huai Palace. A Niang's going is tantamount to throwing herself into a trap." " Dou Zhirong was worried, she bit her lower lip and frowned tightly after speaking.

"Don't think too much about it. A Niang's trip to the palace is impossible to avoid. If she enters the palace to meet the saint, she still has a chance to clear the palace of suspicion. If A Niang doesn't enter the palace, the saint will have more reason to get angry. Prince Huai's Mansion." Dou Xun lowered his eyelids and said calmly, even if the princess does not enter the palace today, he will enter the palace instead of the princess, even if the saint wants his life, he will not say a word, after all, Duke Huai is assassinating the prince It's not innocent at all.

Huai Wang Dou Ze thought he was doing it very secretly, but he didn't know that not only his concubine, but also his two sons and daughters had already seen through his ambitions. When he learned that the crown prince was assassinated, he believed in his heart that it was him.Therefore, not only the princess is waiting, but Dou Xun is also waiting for the saint's statement and actions.

Now the saint just sent the Habayashi army to surround the palace, and did not make things difficult for the people in the palace, and heard that the general had a very respectful attitude towards his mother just now, which made Dou Xun a little relieved. At least the saint did not intend to vent his anger, otherwise You can directly arrest everyone in the palace and put them all in prison.

Thinking of this, Dou Xun sighed softly. He looked at Sister Rong who had just reached Ji in front of him, and felt a little sore in his heart. If Auntie could persuade the saint to let him go to the northwest, he would have a very long time in the future. In time, he will never see A Niang and Sister Rong again, and he will not even be able to attend Sister Rong's evening ceremony. Thinking about it now, his heart is full of regret and reluctance.

Seeing Dou Xun's expression, Dou Zhirong guessed what he was thinking, she stretched out her hand to hold Dou Xun's hand, and said in a gentle voice: "Brother, if you can go to the northwest, you can revive Duke Huai's mansion, A Niang and I will I'm waiting for you in Kyoto."

"I'm afraid the sage won't agree. If the sage insists on putting the crime of assassinating the prince on father's head, I'm afraid the entire Huai Palace will be buried with him." Dou Xun had no choice but to prepare for the worst, even though the sage didn't vent his anger at this time. However, if Duke Huai is not found for a day, the saint's mood will only get worse and worse. It is hard to guarantee that the saint will not blame all the things that Duke Huai has done on the Duke Huai's mansion under the pressure of anger.

"If that's the case, it's also our fate." Dou Zhirong sighed lightly, and the two brothers and sisters fell silent. At this moment, there was a faint noise coming from the gate of the courtyard. People, his boss casually reported at the door, "Reporting to Mr. Sun Ruren, Sun Ruren led people outside and insisted on seeing you."

"Presumptuous! Where is the gentleman's courtyard where she can come? Are all the gatekeepers dead?!" Before Dou Xun could speak, Dou Zhirong shouted in a cold voice.

Dou Xun's eldest follower followed Dou Xun since he was a child, and he was also smart. He replied respectfully: "Return to my wife, Sun Ruren is holding Xiao Langjun. Others dare not pull hard for fear of hurting Xiao Lang..."

"The early morning wind is very cool, and she was asked to come out with Xiao Langjun in her arms. What are the maids and grandmothers who serve Xiao Langjun doing?!" Dou Zhirong became even more angry when she heard that, and Dou Xun said lightly, "No need." Get angry with this kind of person, pass on my words, all the maids and mother-in-law who serve Mr. Xiaolang will be punished thirty times, and then kicked out of the mansion."

Dou Xun's eldest follower led away. Dou Zhirong's face was livid, and she deeply hated Sun Ruren's behavior of hugging the young man out at every turn. A year ago, Sun Ruren successfully gave birth to a young man. He is even more arrogant, always relying on adding a young man for the king, so he will be strong in everything, and make the mansion a mess.I don't know what A Niang is doing to leave such a disaster behind, it's really useless.

"Sun Ruren is just a Ruren, so what if she gave birth to ten or twenty lords? And I am already sixteen this year, can those lords still pass me?" Dou Xun shook his head, explaining to Dou Zhirong.

"Where am I afraid of the little man? I hate Sun Ruren for not cherishing children, and always using children to compete for favor. I feel sorry for a little man who has to suffer all these things since he was a child." Dou Zhirong sighed angrily. Said.

Dou Xun smiled slightly, but the noise at the gate of the courtyard did not stop, and was also mixed with the crying of Xiao Langjun. Dou Zhirong became more and more annoyed when she heard it, and called out: "Mother Jian, go and bring Xiao Lang here, where can Sun Ruren be?" Where do you come from, and if you dare to come to Langjun's courtyard, you will be dealt with according to the rules." Jian's mother led her away, and a sharp cry broke out outside, but then the voice disappeared abruptly, and Dou Zhirong knew Well, Sun Ruren has been gagged, it's good to be gagged, so as not to have to listen to her howling there early in the morning.

After a while, Jane's mother came back with Xiao Langjun in her arms. Seeing that Xiao Langjun's face was flushed from the cold, Dou Zhirong felt pitiful, and hurriedly called Baicao and Bailing to send Xiao Langjun to Dou Xun's warm pavilion, and asked people to hurry up Let's eat some food for Xiao Langjun. After all the commotion just now, Xiao Langjun must be hungry.

Dou Xun didn't speak, and after Dou Zhirong had arranged everything, he said softly: "If I leave, you have to take good care of Auntie, and when Auntie's body gets better, let her take Xiao Langjun to her side to raise her." Go ahead."

Dou Zhirong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Brother and I thought of going together, and I was just about to ask Brother's opinion, it's better for Mr. Xiao Lang to be by A Niang's side."

"Well, Sun Ruren is not clear. I am afraid that Mr. Xiao Lang will be raised badly if he follows her. You spend more time on weekdays, so don't let Auntie worry about it." Dou Xun said lightly.

Next, Dou Xun and Dou Zhirong began to gossip, as if the Habayashi army surrounding the palace did not exist, as if the princess had not entered the palace to meet the saint, and as if the Huai Palace had not suffered any disaster. ...

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East Palace Chongren Hall

Dou Chun was lying on the bed in the dormitory, with his left foot straddling the stool beside him, his whole leg was tied with white cloth strips, the cloth strips were still slightly oozing blood, it looked horrific.

The queen was sitting on the soft couch beside her, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, her face was pale and haggard after being confined for more than a year. She clearly realized that even if she is a queen, in this harem, the saint still has the final say.

When Dou Chun saw the queen's transformation, he really couldn't tell what it was like. He had always hoped that the queen would be safe, or that the queen would be enlightened, but he never thought that he would trade the torture of grounding for the queen's sobriety.Thinking that the queen has been imprisoned in the Lizheng Palace for more than a year. Except for the palace people, she has no one to talk to. Even if she misses her son, she can’t see her. It’s even difficult for the saint to set foot in the Lizheng Palace Once, the queen seemed to be forgotten by everyone, she had a noble name for nothing, but she was like a bird locked in a gorgeous cage.

Dou Chun felt a little sour in his heart, and he comforted the crying queen, "Mother, the son is fine, he just broke his leg and needs to be raised for a while, don't be sad."

"My son..." the queen cried sadly, Dou Chun was a little helpless, so he had to wink at Youfu, and Youfu immediately led all the palace people back, so that the empress and His Highness could be alone.

"Empress Mother, Emperor Father let you rest in the Lizheng Palace for your own good. In terms of mind and means, you can't compete with other empresses." After everyone retreated, Dou Chun pursed his lips and said directly.The queen who was crying happily stopped crying when she heard these words, she raised her head in astonishment, looked at Dou Chun speechless.

"Mother, I am your son. How can I not guess what you are thinking?" Dou Chun said lightly, the queen has changed, the edges and corners of the queen have been smoothed, but it does not mean that the queen will change all of a sudden. Gotta be smart.The empress wanted to play tricks in front of him, she really thought him too simply, maybe the empress thought that he had just recovered and had a pure heart, so he was easy to be deceived?

The queen caught him crying, didn't she just want to cry to soften his heart, and then let him plead with the saint so that the queen can be released.If you say that the queens in the past definitely couldn't let go of their figure, and they wouldn't use their sons as rafts, but the current queen has experienced the torture of being grounded, and the face of the palace people who are high and low, so I have seen a lot, no, even He will play tricks on his own son.

Dou Chun laughed a little, he felt relieved that the queen's mind could turn around, but the queen shouldn't still treat him like a child, and even wanted to use him as a gunman to stand out for her to offend the saint.Today is the grace of the sage, allowing the queen to come to the East Palace to visit the assassinated son. If the queen tries to do something wrong, the sage will let the queen die in the Lizheng Palace for the rest of her life in a rage.

It's a pity that the queen still didn't see the saint's indifference, and she didn't see through her son, thinking that a few tears could move Dou Chun.No matter how you say it, the queen is also Dou Chun's biological mother, so Dou Chun didn't want the queen to end up in such a miserable situation, so he asked her a few words.

But how much the queen can listen to is beyond Dou Chun's control.

"This palace...not..." The queen squirmed her lips, unable to speak, her son's sudden words seemed to be a reminder or a knock, which made her unable to utter the next plea.

"Mother, Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian are evenly matched in the harem. Although Concubine Wan is favored, she has nothing to do with palace affairs. Concubine De has been sent by the saint to release Ye Zhaoyuan a year ago. The sage forgot in the corner, tell me, why did the sage release you to break the three-sided confrontation that was formed so hard?" Dou Chun simply said it more clearly.

"Bengong... I'm the queen..." the queen muttered to herself.

"Empress, say something disrespectful. If you hadn't had me, you might not be able to sit on the empress position long ago." Dou Chun sighed, exposing the fact that the empress was unwilling to face.

The queen was choked by Dou Chun, and her face became even paler. Dou Chun couldn't bear it, but he had to say that he was in a difficult situation now. Although this assassination could drag Duke Huai into the water, he still didn't know who was behind him. He could feel that there were many people hiding in the dark, staring at him, thinking of pulling him down from the position of prince when he let down his vigilance.

How could he allow the queen to come out and ruin his affairs when the wind was so turbulent?Presumably the sage thought the same way, so he just asked the queen to visit him, but he didn't say a word about releasing the queen's restraint. ...

After finally persuading the queen to return to the Lizheng Hall, Dou Chun immediately summoned Youfu, and asked, "How is the Crown Princess? Did Yiqiu Palace receive the news of my injury?"

"Return to Your Highness, I heard that the Crown Princess is restless, and sent Aunt Fu Ling to inquire about the news." You Fu respectfully replied, even though the saint had already abolished the Crown Princess, in private, the eunuchs and palace guards around Dou Chun The servants, because of Dou Chun's respect and orders to Zhuo Jingfan, still call Zhuo Jingfan the Crown Princess.

"Well, how did you reply?" Dou Chun nodded, apparently satisfied with Zhuo Jingfan's act of taking him to heart, his originally gloomy face turned for the better, even the corners of his eyes and brows brought a smile.

"Returning to Your Highness, the young one was blinded by the wind at that time, and was only focused on wiping away tears, unable to speak clearly, but Aunt Fu Ling turned pale and staggered back to Yiqiu Palace. No matter how much you scream at the back, you can't scream." You Fu said helplessly with a bitter face.

"Haha, reward." How could Dou Chun not see that Youfu was playing tricks, he laughed a few times, and rewarded Youfu with a lot of things, Youfu accepted the reward with a smile, in his heart, he felt that His Royal Highness cared about the princess A deeper understanding. ...

Side Hall of Yiqiu Palace

With a pale face, Fu Ling stumbled into the Buddhist hall, looked at Zhuo Jingfan who was kneeling on the futon, tears fell down her cheeks, "Lang Jun...Lang Jun...His Royal Highness..."

"Shut up! Speak slowly." Zhuo Jingfan was taken aback by her gaffe, and a bad premonition arose in his heart. He quickly opened his mouth and shouted, trying to stabilize Fu Ling's mood.

"Mr. Lang, I met Eunuch Fu in the Chongren Hall, but before I could ask you a few words, Eunuch Fu was crying and couldn't even say a word. Is it Your Highness..." Fu Ling was scolded by Zhuo Jingfan, Hastily wiped away her tears, and told about the blessed situation she encountered earlier.

Zhuo Jingfan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, he held back the panic in his heart, and tried to put on an indifferent look, "Don't talk nonsense, if His Highness is really bad, there will be no movement from the saint, I'm afraid there will be chaos if you are blessed to care , Sometimes I get too excited at the moment." When Fu Ling heard this, she also felt that it was reasonable, remembering her own gaffe just now, she lowered her head a little shyly.

"Go down and make arrangements. I want to visit His Highness at Chongren Hall tonight." Seeing that she had calmed down, Zhuo Jingfan ordered in a low voice.Fu Ling shivered, and nodded with a solemn expression.

Ever since they came to Yiqiu Palace, there were countless people staring at them in the open and in the dark. Among them, besides the saints, there were also concubines Shu and Concubine Xian. Over the past year, how many people had Zhuo Jingfan used? The second method is to remove the nails, or to win them over. Now except for the saint's manpower, the hands of Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian have been dealt with cleanly.

But even so, it was not easy for Zhuo Jingfan to sneak out of Yiqiu Palace. At this time, Fuling got Zhuo Jingfan's order, so she knew that this job would not be easy, so she got 12 energized and went down to arrange people. Cover Zhuo Jingfan to leave Yiqiu Palace after nightfall.

After the time of You, after the key was released at the palace gate, the palace personnel of each palace were not allowed to move outside, the internal supervisor of the Palace Gate Bureau was guarding near the palace gate, and patrolling guards patrolled the palace.Zhuo Jingfan's Yiqiu Palace is located in the northwest corner of the East Palace. Due to the remote location of Yiqiu Palace, there were not many people walking around in the past, so the patrolling guards sometimes "accidentally" missed this place.

General Zhong Lang, who led the guards to patrol today, changed his way to Yichun Palace when he was about to arrive at Yiqiu Palace. Chang Lin, who was guarding behind the gate of Yiqiu Palace, saw him, and immediately sent a small eunuch to report to Zhuo Jingfan.Zhuo Jingfan got the letter, put on a black cloak, hid his face under the cloak, did not dare to light the lamp, and hurried to the gate of the palace by the faint moonlight.

The gate of Yiqiu Palace was not closed tightly, and there was still a gap left. Zhuo Jingfan slipped out of Yiqiu Palace quietly under the cover of the palace attendants. He did not bring any palace attendants with him, and quickly shuttled through the East Palace alone. Inside.He knows the layout of the Eastern Palace very well, even with his eyes closed, he is not afraid of getting lost, so the presence or absence of candles has little effect on him, and he is also very familiar with the patrol routes of the guards, so it is not difficult to avoid the guards In this way, he arrived near the Chongren Hall without hindrance.

In Chongren Hall, Dou Chun, who heard Youfu's report, immediately said: "Pull away all the people nearby, and pay attention to the secret whistle arranged by the emperor, so that they don't find out the whereabouts of the princess." With Zhuo Jingfan clearing away many obstacles, he finally made it to the entrance of Chongren Hall smoothly.

Zhuo Jingfan cautiously dodged to the back of Chongren Hall. Since he came secretly, he couldn't enter from the front of the hall openly, but could only sneak in through the small door at the back of the hall.When he finally came to Dou Chun's dormitory, he found that Dou Chun's dormitory was completely silent. Although there was candlelight, there was no human voice.

Startled, he stepped into the door of the dormitory, but the candlelight suddenly went out, and the whole dormitory was instantly plunged into darkness.