Ten thousand people think gloom is reborn

On the way back to the city, Song Nan told me what happened during my absence.

He had noticed the strangeness a long time ago, because I didn't summon him anymore, and even if he went to see me, most of them were blocked by the palace guards, saying that I was unwell.When he was taking a rest yesterday, when he was practicing martial arts in the mansion, a flying arrow appeared out of thin air with an envelope and hit the stake where he was practicing martial arts.

He took down the letter, which said that I was not in the palace, and the one in the palace was a counterfeit.

Song Nan was skeptical, brought his cronies to come, saw me in person, and only then did he completely believe what the letter said.

Now the emperor is bedridden, and the crown prince temporarily takes care of all matters in the court, and now the palace is in chaos.

Another incident happened the day before yesterday. The comfort envoy was knocked into a sedan chair by refugees when he was traveling, causing the comfort envoy to break his head.Furious, he got out of the sedan chair with a whip in his hand, and beat the refugee several times.

The refugees had been in a state of food and clothing and worry for many days. After a few whips, they died on the spot.The refugee was said to be only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, and now all the refugees around him couldn't see him, they surrounded him one after another, and beat the comforter to death in the street.

The imperial court arrested more than 30 refugees and sent them to prison that day. At the same time, they ordered the sixteen guards to thoroughly investigate the refugees in Beijing. Once they were found, they would either be arrested or driven out of the city.

In addition, the capital no longer allowed anyone in ragged clothes to enter the city, and everyone who entered the city would be interrogated one by one and asked about their homes, addresses, and what they did.

At the end of Song Nan's speech, she finally mentioned Concubine Zhuang to me.

"Is she sick? When did she get sick? Is she seriously ill?" I almost asked Song Nan by the collar.

Song Nan said with a worried expression: "This subordinate doesn't know the specific situation, and I can't enter Huayang Palace, but it is said... that I have been hanging with soup and medicine every day."

I closed my eyes, took several deep breaths, and then said to Song Nan: "Give me a set of your subordinate's clothes, I want to enter the palace."

Now I am afraid that everyone thinks that I am in the palace. If I don't dress up easily and appear directly at the gate of the palace, I am afraid that I will attract the attention of the prince in an instant.

After I changed into my bodyguard clothes, I quickly wrote a letter on the carriage and sent it to the Fourth Prince's residence.I specifically told the sender, "It must be delivered to Chang Wang himself."

The fourth prince was named Chang Wang two years ago.

"Song Nan, where's Niu Xi? Is he still in Huayang Palace?" I asked Song Nan.

Song Nan replied: "Niu Xi is no longer in Huayang Palace. He made a mistake and harmed you... No, he said that he caused that counterfeit to fall into the water and get sick, so he was demoted to Gong Fang."

Gong Fang?

Isn't that where toilets are cleaned all day long?

I gritted my teeth and didn't speak anymore.

As my personal guard, Song Nan will not be blocked from entering the palace gate, so I mixed in with the crowd and went straight to Huayang Palace.A group of guards changed outside Huayang Palace, and immediately stopped us when they saw us.

"Wait, you can't just go in without notification."

Song Nan cupped her hands, "Please inform me, I'll pay my respects to the Ninth Prince."

One of the guards turned around and entered the Huayang Palace, and he came out after a while and said: "The Ninth Prince is waiting for the sick, so I don't have time to see you."

"Catch them and let none of them out." I ordered coldly.

The private soldiers in my hand were all carefully selected by the emperor, and most of them had fought in the battlefield, and they were people with their heads tied to their belts. In terms of martial arts, they are definitely higher than these imperial guards who have been kept in the palace. .

Before coming to the palace, I specially asked the private soldier to bring hemp rope.

When the guards heard my voice, one of them saw my face clearly, and his expression changed drastically. He quickly turned and ran out, as if he wanted to inform someone, but Song Nan kicked him back into the gate of Huayang Palace.

My private soldiers surrounded the palace gate while arresting people.This movement attracted other palace people, but without exception, all of them were tied up by my private soldiers.

I walked across the bridge and walked all the way to Concubine Zhuang's bedroom.There were also guards outside the dormitory, and when those people saw us, they straightened up and wanted to lecture me, but when they met my gaze, they all showed astonishment, and immediately knelt on the ground.

I ignored them and pushed the bedroom door open.

Someone in the inner hall heard the movement and came out, "Who is it? You don't know the rules? The empress is resting, don't do anything without orders..."

The conversation stopped abruptly when the man saw me.

The man was unfamiliar. After a moment of panic, he immediately wanted to call out, but unfortunately Song Nan covered his lips before he could make a sound.

I walked into the inner hall, and there was a person wearing my old clothes, sitting by the bed and blowing the medicine bowl in his hand. After he blew the medicine cool, he fed it to the people on the bed with a spoon.Maybe he was busy feeding the medicine, so he didn't pay attention to my side until I walked up to him and kicked him to the ground.

The other party fell on all fours, poured a bowl of medicine into his chest, and then he saw my face.

"Nine...nine..." He stammered, his tone flustered.

I didn't care about him anymore, but looked at the person on the bed.

Concubine Zhuang Gui lay on the bed with a sickly face, her originally beautiful face was now haggard.When she saw me, she immediately wanted to touch me with the hand on her side, but she didn't seem to have much strength, she just lifted her fingers slightly, and I quickly reached out to hold her hand, "Mother Concubine!"

"From... Xi..." She almost squeezed out a gasp from her throat, just as she finished speaking, tears rolled down like pearls.

I know Concubine Zhuang's physical condition, especially after the emperor fell ill, the head of the Imperial Hospital personally took the pulse of Concubine Zhuang every day, and said that Concubine Zhuang was in good health every time, so it is impossible for her to fall ill in just a few days so serious.

I held Concubine Zhuang's hand tightly, and turned my eyes to look at the person who was still lying on the ground.

That man looks exactly like me, except that the way he looks at me now is full of fear and fear, and sweat is constantly breaking out from his forehead.

He should be Xiaoxi that the prince used to pretend to be me. I almost couldn't control my anger and wanted someone to kill him, but I also knew clearly that this person in front of me was just a puppet.

I want to save Xiaoxi's life.

"Song Nan, ask someone to watch him, don't let him commit suicide, and ask someone to go to the small kitchen to see if there are any leftover medicine residues." I saw the waist of the man with the same appearance as me on the ground. Card, that is my waist card.

I asked Song Nan to take off the waist badge and invite the imperial physician in private in my name.Although I asked my private soldiers to close all the gates of Huayang Palace and not let anyone out, but when I was guarding Concubine Zhuang, the news spread.

"younger brother."

The man walked in from the outer hall, dressed in a black python robe, suppressed the femininity of his appearance, and replaced it with unsharp but majestic eyebrows and eyes.

Is the prince.

I watched the prince walk up to me step by step, and my men stood in front of me immediately.He paused slightly, and the smile on his lips before slowly disappeared, "Go away."

The killing intent in the prince's eyes is not a fake.

"Back off, this is Huayang Palace, in the palace, I'll be fine." I said expressionlessly.

With my words, the people who stand in front of me obey orders to get out of the way.But as soon as my people stepped aside, the prince bent down and hugged me.

"Why is my brother so angry? Give me a hug, don't be angry anymore, be good." The prince said to me with a smile, but his next sentence was——

"Where have you been during this time? I have been searching for a long time but I can't find you. You are so disobedient that you don't even care about your mother and concubine's illness?"

His voice was so soft that almost only I could hear it.I even found that the moment the prince hugged me, he let out a very low sigh, like satisfaction, and also like the joy of a hunter recapturing his prey.