The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

The doctor came to see his wound and treated it carefully again, "Madam, don't worry, the servant is only a flesh wound, and the arrow is not poisonous, and it will heal soon."

Only then did Princess Chunyi heave a sigh of relief, "That's good, thank you doctor."

The doctor left the medicine for a few days and gave a few instructions before leaving. Princess Chunyi sat beside Yan Zun's bed and said distressedly: "What did I tell you before going out? I want you to be careful and come back well, how could you get hurt? What? Wait for your father to come back with the emperor, and see what he says about you."

"It's not that I was careless, that bright spear is easy to hide..." He stopped breathing suddenly in the middle of speaking, "Mother, what did you just say? My father came back with the emperor? The emperor is not in the palace?!"

"Yes, the Jiangnan earthquake, a few days ago your father followed the emperor to inspect the disaster situation."

Yan Zun's face turned pale, "Then what was the decree passed on by the eunuch just now?!"

Princess Chunyi was baffled, thought for a while and said, "That should be the order of the Empress Dowager."

Yan Zun jumped up from the couch in shock, his heartbeat was so violent that it seemed to jump out of his chest.

"broken!!"

Bai Yu followed the eunuch to the gate of the palace. It was the first time in his life that he saw the cornices of the palace curled up. The golden glazed tiles shone brightly in the sun.

No wonder, how many people have sharpened their heads and want to be the masters here.

Before stepping into the palace gate, Bai Yu suddenly stopped.

Weird, too weird.As soon as they arrived at the gate of the Yan Mansion, a eunuch came to deliver an order for him to enter the palace. The timing was too coincidental, how did they know that they had already arrived in Shangjing?Now that the sky is getting dark, could it be that the emperor is so impatient to see him now?And when entering the palace to meet the emperor, don't you have to learn etiquette first?

Or, there is another possibility that Yan Zun was called here in such a hurry because he was injured and couldn't accompany him into the palace?

Bai Yu's back felt cold for a while, and she didn't want to go any further.

The eunuch turned his head and said: "My lord, what's the matter? Let's go, the key will be released when it gets dark."

Bai Yu hesitated and said: "Dare to ask Eunuch, how does the Emperor know that I and Yan Shilang have arrived in Shangjing?"

"Your Majesty?" The eunuch rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Our family is just a slave, how do you know this? Please, my lord."

The eunuch didn't answer him directly, but only asked him to urge him to leave quickly, Bai Yu felt it was inappropriate.Seeing his hesitation, the eunuch immediately turned cold, and his words sounded like a warning, "Master, let's go quickly, don't waste time."

Immediately, guards surrounded him, as if he would be dragged in if he didn't leave, Bai Yu had no choice but to follow the eunuch into the palace gate.

The attendant Fei Ma rushed back to Yan's mansion and reported to Yan Zun: "Forgive me, Minister, when I rushed outside the palace, the guard said that the young master had already entered the palace."

Regardless of Princess Chunyi's obstruction, Yan Zun insisted on getting down from the couch, "You two go to the south of the Yangtze River and report to the emperor, choose the best horse, and don't rest day and night! Go!"

The two took orders and went, Yan Zun put on his clothes and was about to go out, Princess Chunyi pulled him and said, "Where are you going?"

"Mother, I can't tell right now, I'm going to the palace to meet the Queen Mother, don't worry about it."

Princess Chunyi refused to let go, "You want to see the Queen Mother, if the Queen Mother doesn't want to see you, what can you do with her? You might as well go see Prime Minister Shen first, maybe you still have a chance."

The eunuch took Bai Yu directly to the Empress Dowager's Compassion Palace.Bai Yu didn't know that he had come to the harem at this time, but when he saw the gleaming words of Compassionate Peace Palace, he understood in an instant that he really followed the Queen Mother's way.

However, he had already entered the den of wolves and tigers, and he couldn't run away, so he had no choice but to follow the eunuch in.

At that time, the Empress Dowager and Princess Zhaoning were having dinner, sitting upright behind the heavy bead curtains, and a group of maids standing and kneeling next to them, although there were many of them, they didn't even hear the sound of a heavier breathing.

The eunuch led Bai Yu in and then withdrew. The Empress Dowager ate by herself, she didn't seem to see Bai Yu, but Princess Zhaoning turned her head to look over, but she couldn't see her face clearly because of the bead curtain. She straightened her sleeves and stood. get up.

The maid hurriedly drew up the bead curtain, and Princess Zhaoning walked out slowly. When she saw Bai Yu's face, which was prettier than her, she immediately darkened, and said coldly, "Don't you know etiquette? After seeing the Queen Mother and Bengong, why don't you come out?" Don't kneel!"

On the floor tiles of the side hall where the Empress Dowager had meals, the carvings were all five-petal lotus flowers that the Empress Dowager liked. They were very lifelike, and the petals were uneven.

Bai Yu had no choice but to kneel down on it, her knee suddenly hurt.

Princess Zhaoning sized him up, snorted softly, went back to the dining table and sat down, served the ginseng chicken soup in front of the Queen Mother graciously.

The queen mother slowly took the spoon, scooped it up one bite at a time, and cooled it down. Baiyu's knees were already sore, so he could only support himself on the ground with his hands secretly, to relieve the pain in his knees.

After the Queen Mother finished drinking the soup, she ordered people to take away the food, and the servants brought back the soup for washing hands and rinsing mouth. Once the soup was poured, Bai Yu could hardly kneel.

The queen mother ordered people to open the bead curtain, and said slowly: "Are you Baiyu?"

Bai Yu lowered his head and replied, "Cao Min is right."

The Empress Dowager said with a half-smile, "What do you always do with your head down? Lift it up and let Aijia see it."

The moment the Empress Dowager's eyes fell on Bai Yu's face, there was a deathly silence all around, and the sound of melting snow dripping from the branches outside could be heard clearly.

After a long time, the Empress Dowager stared at him and smiled, her voice seemed to be gnashing her teeth, "You look really good."

Bai Yu clearly knew that the Empress Dowager was looking at a woman she hated deeply through him.

The queen mother straightened the tassels on the skirt, and said slowly: "Pull it out, cut it."

The noble concubine leaned lazily on the sedan chair, and covered her mouth with her sleeve and yawned.She is still a month old, and she is still radiant and charming at this time.

The maid, Huan Yan, walked aside and asked, "Does your lady feel cold? The wind is getting stronger."

"It's not cold, you are about to wrap this palace into rice dumplings. But after burning incense in Lingfu Hall, don't take this road when you return to the palace."

Huanyan knew that she didn't want to pass by the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Peace, and didn't want to meet the Empress Dowager, so she said: "Your servant obeys."

Bai Yu looked at the Queen Mother in horror, "What crime did the grass people commit?"

The queen mother didn't even raise her eyelids, "Your surname is Bai, and you came from the northwest. It is Baiwei Jianglou, which collided with the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty, caused an earthquake in the south of the Yangtze River, and made the emperor sick. Tell me, should you kill me?"

Bai Yu held back her anger and said respectfully, "Queen Mother, this is obviously nonsense! What's more, is there only a grassroots person named Bai in the northwest? Should we kill them all for the sake of this absurd astrology?" Said to die?!"

The Empress Dowager's smile was cruel, "Are you saying that Aijia is stupid and listens to slanderous rumors? He should be killed if he contradicts Aijia face to face like this! Why are you standing still? Why don't you drag him out!"

Several guards immediately came in to set up Bai Yu, trying to drag him out, but Bai Yu couldn't break free at all.

As soon as he was dragged out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, he bumped into a gorgeous sedan chair. The woman sitting on it had an exquisite face and gorgeous and luxurious clothes.

Several guards pulling Baiyu saluted and said, "I pay my respects to the imperial concubine."

The noble concubine glanced at the plaque of the Compassionate Ning Palace, "Why drag someone out properly, who is this?"

The guard said: "I don't know, I just follow orders."

The imperial concubine frowned, "Hey, look at this posture, the empress dowager is going to kill someone again?"

Bai Yu suddenly remembered that he had heard Chunyu Xuan say that the current empress and imperial concubine are princesses married by Wei Yan, and they are both cousins ​​of Yan Xun's biological mother, Princess Chunyi.

Like a savior for a while, maybe this is the only chance of survival.Bai Yu didn't care too much, broke free from the restraints desperately, took two steps forward, and was about to speak, the imperial concubine suddenly let out a "huh" and asked him, "Why does the big cloak on you look so familiar? Isn't this the emperor gave Cheng Rui? "

As soon as Bai Yu heard her call Yan Xun so affectionately, he knew that he was really saved, and said happily: "Yes, before coming to Beijing from the border, the general gave it to the grassroots."

The noble concubine waved her hand and motioned for the servants to put down the sedan chair. She supported Huanyan's hand to get off the sedan chair, "Who are you? How did you know Cheng Rui? His things are not easy to give to others, let alone this is a royal gift. "

The Empress Dowager's bodyguard couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager said..."

The noble concubine glanced over, and the guards bowed their heads and fell silent.

Bai Yu took out Yan Xun's belt buckle from her bosom, held it in front of the noble concubine, "Please help me, Madam, let Caomin explain in detail later."

The noble concubine took a look at the belt buckle, and said to the guards: "You guys wait here for a while, I have something to say to the queen mother."

The guards seemed a little embarrassed, Huan Yan immediately said fiercely: "The empress is not here, the emperor has a decree, and all matters in the six palaces are left to the imperial concubine, do you want to resist the decree?"

The guard hurriedly kowtowed and said, "I don't dare to be humble."

The noble concubine returned the belt buckle to Bai Yu, and went straight into the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

The Empress Dowager had just given away the white jade, and she was sitting and playing chess with Princess Zhaoning. The imperial concubine passed the word, and came in with a smile, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager. The concubine was just going to the Lingfu Hall to pray for the emperor in her womb, and happened to pass by The queen mother is here, and the concubines come to join in the fun."

The Queen Mother glanced at her lightly, "What's going on here at Aijia?"

The noble concubine smiled and said: "It's a lot of fun outside to kill people, and the game of chess with the Queen Mother is also a lot of fun inside. Whether this chess piece lives or dies, loses or wins, it's all in the Queen Mother's mind, but life is different. It's not easy to rely on one person's likes and dislikes." Dispose of it at will. Otherwise, Da Zhou will not need the national law, it just depends on whether the people above are happy or not."

The Empress Dowager looked angry, "Grand Concubine, are you saying that Ai's family disregards human life?"

The noble concubine was blessed, and said softly: "How dare the concubine? The queen mother is serious."

She said and stroked her lower abdomen, "It's just...the concubine's fetal gas is not stable. The emperor specially built a Lingfu hall in the palace for the concubine to worship Buddha and pray for blessings. The eminent monk in the Lingfu hall said that the concubine is pregnant. At that time, there was no bloody slaughter in the palace, so as to avoid resentment from hitting the emperor's heir, and also to accumulate blessings for the child. The emperor also told the sixth palace, don't the queen mother remember?"

Princess Zhaoning said from the side: "Imperial concubine, that white jade is Baiwei Jianglou, and it collided with the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He must be killed to avert the disaster."

The imperial concubine sneered and said: "Now that the earthquake in the south of the Yangtze River has calmed down, it's enough to help the victims. The emperor's illness has been cured, and he just went to the south of the Yangtze River. Eliminate the disaster? Where is the disaster? What kind of disaster is the princess trying to eliminate? Does it mean that?" Does Da Zhou have other disasters? Oh, you are cursing the emperor, cursing Da Zhou!"

Princess Zhaoning was ridiculed by her, she couldn't refute, her face was flushed, "You..."

The Empress Dowager was silent for a moment, her eyes gliding coldly across the face of the smiling concubine, "The concubine is really eloquent, no wonder no one in the palace has ever been able to speak well of you."

The imperial concubine still had a decent smile, "The empress dowager really flatters my concubines."

"Okay, since the imperial concubine said that Baiyu couldn't be killed, the Ai family will not kill him. But..." The queen mother paused, and said sadly, "The Ai family still likes his appearance very much, and it happens to be next to the Ai family. If there is a lack of a clever servant boy, send him to the clean room to cleanse himself, and come to Ai's house to serve him."