I was transformed in ancient aristocratic waste

Said to send Xiao Twelve back to the palace.

But at this time, he didn’t really leave at that time. Gu Zhu himself was in a mess. He was afraid of seeing Xie Chongfeng, afraid that his father would fight with the princess and his wife, and afraid that after entering the palace, what he saw would not be as simple as he thought. In the end, there was another bloody scene.

He had something hidden in his heart and didn't leave for a long time. He still found that Xiao Shishi was very absent-minded during lunch, so he gritted his teeth, touched the child's head, and said, "We'll go back after eating. Then Xie Chongfeng is playing for defense." The flag of the Cao family entered the palace. Although it is still living in the palace, this is against the rules, but as long as we go back and let your brothers stand up, this matter should be over. He can't go back on his word, then Wouldn't others laugh out loud when they heard this?"

Little Twelve shook his head, eating hard. He has the best relationship with the third brother, and usually has less contact with the other brothers, but even if he only gets along a few times, he has heard from the concubine mother and other people that other extremely Brother's temper.

It can be said to be very cowardly.

Because the first prince and the second prince are both excellent children who are deeply loved by their father, there were only two major powers competing in the court long ago, standing behind the eldest brother and the second brother respectively. How could the other princes dare to stand out?His own mother and concubine will suffer, or else I am afraid I will have a hard time.

Because of his young age, Little Twelve didn't know the details of how the other extremely brothers were suppressed, but even the eldest brother and the second brother were defeated by Xie Chongfeng. The other brothers were afraid of Xie Chongfeng and had no intention of standing up The thought of going up.

Little Twelve smiled, but didn't tell his little cousin what was on his mind.

After lunch, Gu Zhu took a nap for an hour, washed up again, and then led Xiao Twelve back to the palace.

He and Xiao Twelve share a carriage, and Handsome Pancake rides a horse.

In the carriage, Gu Zhu lifted the curtain of the window from time to time, and he could see the people in Chang'an who were still out of the gate yesterday, and they resumed their daily activities in an instant after only a day's work.

It's bustling everywhere, as if nothing has changed.

The corpses and the blood all over the ground that I saw before were all cleaned up, as if the military duel between the Princess Mother and Xie Zuzheng was just a dream.

Of course, that's impossible. Gu Zhu found that their carriages were always on the streets of Chang'an, and they always attracted the attention of ordinary people. They seemed to be afraid of their carriages, which were obviously used by dignitaries.

Maybe it's because the second prince also rode in this kind of carriage when he came back, and then went to war instantly?

At the end of the long street, Gu Zhu saw several mourning halls.

Those tall and short houses were quiet, even the white silk under the eaves seemed to be crying.

Gu Zhu put down the curtain, and the children beside him immediately said, "I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for?" Gu Zhu gently pinched the fingers of his right hand with his left hand. The fingers of his right hand were still not very flexible. He thought to himself that the blood flow was too slow, and it would be better to move around regularly, so he used his left hand. auxiliary.

Xiao Twelve lowered his head in shame, his eyelashes trembled, and he couldn't hide his shame: "It's all my aunt and elder brother's fault..."

"That has nothing to do with you. What are you sorry for? Don't take other people's faults on yourself. After a long time, even if it's not your fault, others will get used to blaming you. Then you will be very pitiful, little twelve .”

Gu Zhu spoke very casually, but there was a bit of a teaching tone in it: "Don't apologize for everything in the future."

Little Twelve stared blankly at the pretty little cousin for a while, then nodded obediently.

"Zhuzhu, you've entered the palace." Outside was Gu Jinchen's gentle reminder.

Gu Zhu said 'En' inside, thinking it should be a sedan chair to get off the carriage, and then walked into the palace.

Who knew that as soon as he raised his buttocks, he heard the guards outside shouting: "In the carriage is the young master? General Feng ordered that if the master comes, he can drive in. If there is a threshold, if you can't get through, you can change." sedan chair, no need to walk.”

"Come here! Escort Lord Hou into the palace!"

After finishing speaking, Gu Zhu heard the sound of many people coming up, and the footsteps sounded three steps in and out, as if he was afraid that he would run away.

Gu Zhu was nervous, and then he heard Handsome Cake Father sneer, and said to the chief guard outside: "What? General Zhengbei regards us the Twelfth Prince as fugitives? Or does he treat us as fugitives?"

The chief guard hesitantly gave a long 'uh', and replied respectfully: "My lord, no, it's just for safety..."

"roll."

"Forgive me for being so humble."

When there was a stalemate outside, Gu Zhu was not sure if Xie Chongfeng regarded Xiao Twelve as a prisoner, so he opened the curtain and said to the handsome cake dad outside: "Father, forget it, but since their people are all following Once we go in, our people must go in together, otherwise I don't feel safe." Gu Zhu said the second half of the sentence while looking at the chief guard.

The chief guard only glanced at him, then quickly lowered his head, as if he had been told something: "Since... since Lord Hou thinks this is acceptable, then so. Open the door!"

Inexplicably, Gu Zhu felt that his words seemed to be useful, and suspected that Tie Zhuzhu had confessed something... Could it be?

Gu Zhu retracted the carriage, touched her heart, and felt a little subtle...

After arriving at Changle Palace all the way, Gu Zhu got off the sedan chair and saw that the guarded area around Changle Palace was no different from a prison. There were solemn soldiers with knives everywhere, not the original guards with knives in the palace.

——Xie Chongfeng has so many people guarding here, is he afraid that the princes are not afraid of him enough?

Gu Zhu felt a little cold.

"Changle Palace currently has four princes living with the eldest princess. The eldest princess is in the back hall, and the prince Sisi lives in the same hall." The eunuch Zhou Fu smiled and went forward to talk to the young master, smiling faces piled together, amiable, look It was actually very relaxing.

Gu Zhu silently glanced at the old eunuch whom his uncle had trusted before, and was shocked to see that the old eunuch ate and drank without any sadness. Hooked up with Xie Chongfeng!

On the other hand... Xie Chongfeng seems to be more hidden than he imagined.

Gu Zhu was a little dazed, nodded, and dragged his father to go in together.

"and many more."

Gu Zhu didn't pull her father, but saw the handsome pancake dad reach out and tap him on the forehead, saying, "Don't see that poisonous woman. Princess Zhou and my son don't match each other, and it's hard to see each other in this life." , I don’t know if I can let the little one in, it’s better for the Eldest Princess to come out, but I have something to say to the Eldest Princess.”

Eunuch Zhou didn't mean much respect to the Cao family, who were nominally relatives of the emperor. Hearing the words of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he naturally did not forbid him, and said: "This is easy to handle. My lord, come with me. The back hall was originally Don't walk around casually, as long as Lord Hou doesn't go behind, you won't be able to see the eldest princess."

Gu Zhu could clearly see his father's eyes flickering darkly after hearing these words, and after smiling at him, he asked Steward Guo to follow him not to walk around casually, and then went to the apse.

What are you doing in the apse?

Gu Zhu had some premonitions, but he didn't dare to intervene. His life didn't belong to him alone. He used to stop his father from conflicting with the princess mother. In fact, the more he blocked the conflict, the more it accumulated. He couldn't stop the poison, and he didn't know what to do, so he simply left it to his father...

Gu Zhu lowered her eyes, took Xiao Shier's hand and stepped into the Changle Palace, going to gradually the four princes who were still living in the palace.

Three of the Cao family's princes died, and Gu Zhu, the youngest, knew that he saw the youngest being stabbed with his own eyes.The boss heard that Xie Chongfeng chopped off his head with a sword, which was very terrifying.

The second child... Gu Zhu heard that he was frightened to death.

Can this person really be scared to death?What was it that frightened you to death?Gu Zhu couldn't figure it out.

As he stepped into the side hall of Changle Palace, Gu Zhu heard that Eunuch Zhou was still introducing him in his ear, saying: "Originally all the princes were in Changle Palace, but later the general saw that the Eighth Prince and the others were still young, so he sent them back to him. The late emperor's concubines in the harem."

"When the first emperor was buried, his concubine died inexplicably, and even the Hun princess who was married to the first emperor many years ago disappeared. The palace is still in chaos. The general was very angry, so he sent more people to the palace. I got a manpower, thinking, if there are those little people who want to harm the princes, they can take them down in one fell swoop."

Hearing this, the Twelfth Prince muttered uncontrollably: "What Xiaoxiao, he is the biggest Xiaoxiao!"

Gu Zhu's heart skipped a beat, and she tightened her grip on the child's hand!

"The old slave didn't hear what His Highness the Twelfth Highness said, why don't you say it again?" Eunuch Zhou was still smiling.

Looking at Zhou Fu like this, Gu Zhu felt all the hairs on his body stand on end, holding Xiao Twelve, he went straight into the hall, and said to Zhou Fu in a cold voice, "You have nothing to do, go down."

"Yes." Eunuch Zhou didn't say anything else, he stopped at the spot and saluted Gu Zhu, turned around and went out, closing the double doors of the hall by the way.

The windows in the hall were closed tightly, and the smell was not very pleasant, but at any rate, it was going to be winter, and the cold air was much better than the hot and humid smell. Gu Zhu let go of the child with his left hand, and saw the child looked around, and finally ran into the wing room, shouting : "Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother! I'm back!"

Gu Zhu walked into the side room at the same time as he said this, and saw four pale-faced teenagers about fifteen or sixteen years old sitting on the couch, each of them was hugging the quilt or hugging the body, everyone had eyes in their eyes. Huge fear, even Lao Qi, whose appearance is seven or eight points similar to the emperor's uncle, does not have the composure and calmness of his uncle.

"Little Twelve!"

"Twelve brothers? You, why are you back? You run, why are you back?"

"My aunt also said that you ran away with my cousin. I thought you would come back to rescue us with your son-in-law. You are so confused! You came back by yourself, what shall we do in the future?"

"It's over, it's over, it's over!"

"Little Twelve, you are such a waste!"

Gu Zhu stood there, not far away, watching the four princes yelling at Xiao Twelve and crying anxiously. He was so angry, he immediately looked around, picked up a vase at hand and threw it down. on the ground!

"Crack!" The sound of the broken tiles was like poison falling into the pond, which instantly plunged the noisy fish pond into an eerie silence.

Satisfied, Gu Zhu didn't treat herself badly. She found a seat and sat down. With her healthy left hand, she lifted the hem of her clothes and patted them to make the wrinkles disappear.

"One by one, they are fifteen or sixteen years old, and some of them have already married. They still look like they cry when they see anyone, and scold them when they catch them. I feel ashamed for your father." Gu Zhu was still very angry. Glancing at Xiao Twelve's forbearing little face, he continued, "Xiao Twelve, do you have anything to say? Tell me."

Little Twelve swallowed, and glanced at the beautiful little cousin, and was too afraid to say "sorry" by those eyes, even if he saw the little cousin crying and hugging the son-in-law acting like a baby, he would never I remember that when my little cousin was with him in the hospital bed, even though his hands were about to lose their hands, he never really complained about being afraid.

Even if he can't compare to his cousin, he can't let his cousin down on him.

Little Twelve paused, and said to the fourth brother who cried the most: "Fourth brother, I heard that after General Zhengbei came back, he let the second brother ascend the throne...he..."

"Nonsense! The second brother was grabbed by his subordinates like an animal. In the end, he was frightened to death as soon as he sat on the dragon chair. Then Xie Chongfeng did it on purpose. He wanted to force all of us to death... all People!" The fourth prince who spoke was wearing an expensive smoke-colored robe, but it probably hadn't been changed for many days, and now it looked like rotten dried plums, crumpled together.

"He just wants us to be like this... We can't get out, we can't starve to death... That's it..." The Fifth Prince smiled bitterly, "I can't stand it... But I don't dare, I'm afraid that if I do something wrong, he will Will kill my mother, my mother is of low rank, no, even the queen is gone...he must have killed her..."

Gu Zhu's delicate and slender fingers turned around and tapped on the expensive small wooden table: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, I came in today just to help uncle again, no, not to help him, Yes... it's for everyone, I just want to ask you one thing, who of you wants to sit on the throne? If you want, come with me to see Xie Chongfeng."

As soon as these words came out, all the princes present lowered their heads quietly, not even daring to look at him, as if they were being questioned by the teacher and didn't know the answer, so they didn't even dare to meet the teacher's eyes.

Gu Zhu had no choice but to let this litter of cubs, let alone become emperors, dare not let them walk out of the gate of Changle Palace.

"What? Afraid of death?" Gu Zhu asked lightly.

The Seventh Prince wiped his tears with his sleeve and said, "I'm afraid. Cousin, we are not like you. You are protected by a son-in-law. The son-in-law has almost [-] soldiers in Yangzhou and other places who follow his orders. We Originally, I thought the son-in-law would come back to save us because of your face, but... I didn't expect you to come back like this..."

"My face?" Gu Zhu shook his head, "Why should I use my face to help you get back? It's interesting to kill here and there?" Gu Zhu is actually not so burdened by the royal family to protect his family and country. When being an emperor, he thought that as long as he was a good emperor, he could do anything, but rebellion was different, rebellion would kill people, and consume domestic demand. Although they belonged to one country, they ended up killing each other. Gu Zhu couldn't stand it.

"I just want to ask if any of you want to be emperor and inherit your uncle's behest. If not, just treat me as nothing."

After Gu Zhu finished speaking, there was still no one answering. They were all afraid to the bottom of their hearts. It seemed that if they opened their mouths to say the word 'think', they would be heard by invisible devils, and they would die in the middle of the night.

He looked at the few teenagers present, disappointment flashed across his starry eyes, and he was about to stand up and look for his father to go home. After all, there was nothing he could do, and staying there was nothing but embarrassment for himself.As a result, as soon as he stood up, a yell came from the main road in the apse.

"Cao Zhaoyue! Don't mess around!"

That was the voice of Handsome Cake Dad, and immediately after that, the door could be heard being kicked open, and a gust of cold wind in early winter carried the smell of rotting leaves into the side hall, blowing all the windows open.

Gu Zhu's heart skipped a beat, his intuition was not very good, as expected in the next second, he saw the princess rushing in with her hair disheveled, holding a dagger in her hand, and hanging it around her neck with great force, as if she was afraid that someone would snatch it away. There were two or three blood marks on the snow-white neck.

"Beads!"

Gu Zhu, who had never seen such a distressed mother, stood there without moving, not daring to move.

"Zhuzhu, mother knows that mother owes you a lot, mother will not argue, but this country of the Cao family, you remember, must always belong to the Cao family!"

After all, with a slash of the dagger, blood spurted out!

Several drops of blood scattered on the upper of Gu Zhu's shoe, before he could react, he saw the princess falling down, and was quickly dragged away by Uncle Guo, not letting him see.

Gu Zhu's eyes widened and he opened his mouth. He didn't know what to say, but one thing was certain, even if his mother died, she was plotting against him, hoping to use her own death to make him fight for the Cao family all his life...

Originally, he was willing to do this, but once he was forced like this, Gu Zhu was particularly resistant, and his yearning for the Princess Mother was completely wiped out in the pool of blood on the ground.

I don't know how long it has passed, maybe it was just a few breaths, when Gu Zhu heard his father tell him to go back.

He sat there without moving, and glanced at Xiao Twelve who hesitated to speak: "Say."

With trembling legs, Little Twelve knelt down for him: "Little cousin, I am willing to go with you to meet General Xie!"

"Twelve, are you crazy?! You're going to kill us!"

"Don't go!"

"My aunt is gone, don't you want to die too?!"

"Don't hurt us!"

The other princes were also nervous.

Gu Zhu rubbed her temples, and before she could say anything, she heard Zhou Fu passing a message outside: "Master Hou, the general knows you're here, and hereby invites you to meet him in the study, and please move quickly."

Gu Jinchen, who was in a faintly happy mood, said displeasedly: "What did he see my son for? No see."

"Your Excellency, what you said is wrong. Now the court has the final say on the top and bottom of the court. Whoever the general wants to see, that's up to him. How can he not?" Eunuch Zhou laughed.

Gu Zhu was nervous inside, but she wasn't as frightened as the other princes who were about to pee their pants.

He glanced at Xiao Twelve, whose face was splattered with blood. Xiao Twelve looked at him with red eyes, as if looking at the last hope.

"Aren't you afraid?" Gu Zhu heard herself asking the child.

The kid nodded honestly, but replied firmly: "I'm afraid, but I have to go, I have to try, even if it's a trap, I'll go even if I go, I'm Cao Ji, I'm the Twelfth Prince, so I'm going, I have to go, cousin..."

"It's very good, don't be afraid of death, I will protect you, you won't die." Gu Zhu stretched out his hand to pull Xiao Twelve up, and the two went out side by side. He said to his father and Eunuch Zhou, "I want to see him."

"Then let's go together." Handsome Cake Daddy said.

Gu Zhu shook his head, vaguely unwilling to let his father see himself with Xie Chongfeng, and also afraid that his father would offend Xie Chongfeng, so he said: "I'll go with Xiao Shier, okay? Dad, you wait outside, you Don't worry, I'm not a kid anymore, I know what I'm doing."

Eunuch Zhou was still looking at Gu Zhu and Gu Jinchen with a smile on his face, even if the latter could freeze to death due to the low air pressure, he would remain indifferent until the father and son finished their discussion.

"What if I say no?" The veins on Gu Jinchen's forehead twitched.

Gu Zhu bowed her head silently, and said, "He won't do anything to me and Xiao Twelve."

"Are you so sure? Gu Zhu, you don't listen to me anymore. Are you blaming me for forcing your mother to death?" Even if Gu Jinchen wanted the princess to die, he never wanted the princess to die in front of Gu Zhu. The poisonous woman was ruthless, he was unprepared for a moment, and finally let the poisonous woman succeed.

"No!" Gu Zhu hurriedly shook her head.

"Then go together."

Gu Zhu couldn't stop it, and the bad premonition grew stronger and stronger, always feeling like something terrible was going to happen soon.

Little Twelve also followed suit tremblingly, but he always felt that the expressions of the son-in-law and the little cousin were very strange, as if the person he was going to see later was not some terrible tyrant, but rather like the old man who wanted to meet Deng who hooked up with his little darling. Disciple, by the way, he was beaten to death with a stick, and the little darling still blocked him from left to right, so he blew his beard and stared in anger.

Little Twelve: What the hell am I thinking about?

In father's heart, the thin-skinned Gu Zhu is still a child: help!I hope that we will only talk about business matters for a while, regardless of personal matters, if I let my father know that he and Xie Chongfeng have done everything except the last step, then it is better to kill him directly!