You are as gentle and cool as the moon

Today is the big day for fifth prince Zhao Yize to marry his concubine. The whole Flower City is bustling with excitement, even more festive than the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival.

Xia Luoning was sitting in An Qingling's boudoir, listening gently and elegantly to Qiu Qiu and Tong Dong's description of how charming the bride in her wedding dress was.

She can't help with anything, she can only wish An Qingling and Mr. Ruyi to grow old together from the bottom of her heart.

Tomorrow, she will move to the other garden near the southwest village, where she will live with a few strange servants.At that time, she will wait for the opportunity to escape and reach the border of Xia State as much as possible to seek help from the soldiers.

An Qingling came to her: "A'Ning, I'm leaving."

Xia Luoning smiled and nodded: "Master, An Ning wishes you good health and happiness for the rest of your life."

An Qingling stared at her for a few seconds, and without saying anything, surrounded by the maids, went to the hall to bid farewell to her parents.

Xiao Jiale came to the West Wing after watching the excitement, and said he wanted to help Xia Luoning pack.

Xia Luoning thanked her: "Miss Xiao won't go to the palace for a banquet with Miss Xiao?"

"I don't like lively places very much." Xiao Jiale evoked a strange smile, "Actually, today is not a good day."

Xia Luoning felt that there was something in her words, and said, "An Ning would like to hear more about it."

"Those gossipers only calculated that today is a good time to marry, but they didn't calculate that there is a difference in the celestial phenomena. I'm not afraid to tell you, I think something big will happen today."

Xiao Jiale pinched her fingers and calculated: "Probably in the afternoon, my aunt should have returned to my side by then, no matter what happens, I can protect her well."

"If you want, I don't mind protecting you one more."

Xia Luoning was inexplicably a little apprehensive: "What will happen? Is it very dangerous? The third lady should be fine in the palace, right?"

The corner of Xiao Jiale's mouth twitched, and he changed his words: "The secret must not be leaked, sister should not worry about it."

Xia Luoning said sincerely: "You asked me not to ask about you before, but I was too curious. Is your so-called medical skills really just medical skills?"

Xiao Jiale smiled slightly: "Otherwise, what kind of monster do you think I am?"

Xia Luoning expressed the guess in her heart: "You are from the wizard family, do you know witchcraft?"

"Sister Bingxue is really smart." Xiao Jiale reminded her, "Auntie doesn't want more people, especially foreigners, to know my identity. You must keep it a secret, and be careful that it comes out of your mouth."

Charlotte: "You think I'm a foreigner?"

The air is quiet.

Xia Luoning asked expectantly: "Do you know the Jewel Wizard?"

"what happened?"

"I want to know where she is now? Is she all right?"

Xiao Jiale asked interestingly: "Do you know her, care about her, care about her?"

"I was with her..." Xia Luoning realized that she had slipped her tongue, and was at a loss for a moment.

"Why didn't you say it?" Xiao Jiale asked amusedly, "Are you afraid that I will find out that you don't have amnesia at all?"

Xia Luoning said calmly: "Actually, I just recovered some memory a few days ago. I vaguely remember that the jewel wizard saved me. Thinking of hearing that she was wanted by Xia Guo and disappeared, I am a little worried."

"I didn't tell anyone about the fact that I have recovered part of my memory, and I asked Miss Xiao to hide it for me."

Xiao Jiale: "Why can't you tell others that you remembered the past?"

"Because I suspect that I may be from the Xia Kingdom, and the relationship between the two countries has continued to deteriorate recently, and a war may break out soon. I am afraid that I will not be welcomed here."

"That's it." Xiao Jiale smiled and said, "I have my own measure, I don't want to hurt you."

Xia Luoning asked friendlyly: "You know witchcraft, and you lived on a pirate ship before, you should know the current situation of the gem wizard?"

Xiao Jiale curled her mouth: "She's pretty good, she's not in danger, and she won't suffer from hunger or cold."

"Really? Is she still hiding around Xia Guo?"

"That's not sure. Anyway, I can only calculate that she is safe and sound."

"Thank you!" Xia Luoning felt much relieved.

Xiao Jiale changed the subject: "Do you know why the Fifth Prince wants to advance the wedding date?"

Xia Luoning shook her head.

"Because the emperor's new favorite concubine is from the fourth prince's side, and the fourth prince has an engagement with the Mongolian princess. He has been in the frontier for several years with military power in his hand, and his current power is rapidly expanding."

"He is the orphan of the former empress and he is older than the fifth prince. Even though the fifth prince is the emperor's favorite son, it is inevitable that he should be afraid of the fourth prince's successor."

"So by marrying Da Sima's daughter in advance, the fifth prince will be able to stabilize the confidence of the court officials in him as soon as possible. The emperor likes An Qingling, and because of this, he will love the fifth prince even more."

"The fifth prince has surpassed the fourth prince in terms of momentum, and if he further wins people's hearts, he will be closer to the position of prince and maintain the situation that he is the first choice of the East Palace."

"If the eldest son can be born as soon as possible, the emperor may decree to make him the crown prince if he is happy."

Xia Luoning: "I heard that the fifth prince is kind and pure, but I didn't expect that he is also good at scheming and scheming."

Xiao Jiale: "The fifth prince is a smart man, and he is surrounded by loyal advisers and confidants, so of course it is difficult to deal with."

Xia Luoning: "Just now you said that something big will happen this afternoon. I wonder if you can prevent it before it happens?"

"Natural disasters and man-made disasters have their own laws, and I will never interfere." Xiao Jiale put the luggage in her arms, "It is wise to protect yourself."

Xia Luoning nodded, but she was still a little worried that the big thing she said would endanger An Qingling.

Just after the application time, Xiao Wenzhu returned to Sima's mansion in Anda.It's just that she hadn't even sat on the bench when she heard that the fourth prince led thousands of troops into the city gate and headed straight for the palace.

Because the other party came so suddenly, most of the imperial guards were caught off guard, and a small number of imperial guards who wanted to rebel even opened the palace gate to welcome the fourth prince's troops.

Those were all soldiers who had been trained in the frontier fortresses for many years, and they easily entered the harem.

But they still underestimated Anthony's combat ability and the fifth prince's precautionary measures against the fourth prince, and they soon fell into a trap and were routed.

The fourth prince jumped over the wall in a hurry, and ordered to set fire to the entire palace to die with the enemy.

The emperor was so angry that he suddenly vomited blood and fell to the ground, dying.

The palace people were in a mess, running around like ants on a hot pot, spreading the news of the emperor's sudden death to the ears of the rebels.

The opponent's morale immediately increased, and when they broke into the hall, there would be a scene of wearing a yellow robe.

The fifth prince became the target of public criticism, and he took An Qingling and Ding Huanxiang along to escape without caring about crying for the emperor.

An Qingling chose to stay and fight side by side with his father.

But Anthony ordered her to escort the fifth prince to escape out of the palace through a secret passage, asking her to protect the fifth prince to the death.

An Qingling had no choice but to obey his father's words, and resolutely led the fifth prince to escape from the burning palace.

During this process, the Fifth Prince was accidentally hit on the lower body by a jet of fire, and immediately passed out.

An Qingling quickly picked him up and ran away, protecting Qiu Qiu, Tong Dong and Ding Huanxiang from time to time.

Seeing that they had reached the safe zone, Ding Huanxiang, who was running at the end, suddenly tripped and fell to the ground, covered in many small flames.

She rolled around on the ground trying to put out the fire on her clothes but to no avail.

An Qingling handed the fifth prince to Qiu Qiu and Tong Dong, ran to grab Ding Huanxiang's hand and wanted to rush out of the flames.

Ding Huanxiang tore off her clothes vigorously while being dragged out by her, and just hit her hair, sparks spread across her head.

At the same time, the wooden beams on the roof fell.

An Qingling kicked Ding Huanxiang away, and fell to the ground together with the wooden beam.She thought she had escaped a catastrophe, but she didn't expect a golden-red coal to fly out of the wooden beam.

It hit her right in the face.

……

The Da Sima Mansion was besieged when the rebels broke into Huacheng, but soon restored peace with the efforts of Xia Luoning, Xiao Wenzhu and others.

Together with several other officers and soldiers, they joined forces with Anthony's army inside and out to surround the fourth prince's troops.

The fourth prince became furious, not only did he not get caught without a fight, but he also had to fight Anthony to the death.A few rounds later, he was stabbed in the heart by Anthony.

At the same time, his henchmen also sneaked up on Anthony behind him.

A dark arrow was stuck in Anthony's neck, and the venom spread rapidly, quickly damaging Anthony's internal organs.

Anthony knelt on the ground on one knee, purple blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Immediately, the morale of the forbidden army increased greatly, and they died together with the dispirited rebel army very angrily, and soon forced the opponent to surrender.

This bloody palace change is finally over.

The fire was extinguished in the concerted action of putting out the fire, and the blood and bones were quickly cleaned up.Everything in the palace became gloomy and solemn, waiting for the fifth prince to wake up and preside over the overall situation.

After one night, the fifth prince woke up under the watchful eye of several imperial physicians.

Anthony's adult son told him two good news and four bad news.

Zhao Yize looked around at the many important officials in the house, and said, "Let's hear the good news first."

An Bulie knelt down and said: "The fourth prince has been killed by Da Sima."

"very good."

"Civil and military officials implore His Highness to ascend the throne immediately."

"Father is really powerless?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhao Yize's mood improved: "Okay, let's break the bad news."

"The first emperor died, the queen mother committed suicide, and several concubines were also killed."

"The imperial grandmother's life was miserable, and she was determined to bury her generously."

"Weichen's father, Anda Sima, was attacked and killed during the battle."

"Father-in-law is the most loyal and courageous general in Hua Kingdom. If he were to be given the title of Duke An, he would definitely treat his family well."

"Weichen's younger sister, the fifth concubine, was burned because she rescued His Highness, and she is still recuperating in the mansion."

"Is Qingling seriously injured?"

"Skin burns, people are fine."

"That's good, Gu must reward her!"

An Bulie: "Your Highness, the last piece of bad news is that all the imperial physicians have come to the same conclusion after repeated diagnosis and treatment. His Highness's fire dragon is seriously injured, and it may not be able to return to normal within a year or so."

Zhao Yize's eyes widened: "What did you say?"

"Your Highness, forgive me!" The imperial physicians knelt down first, and other officials also saluted him.

Zhao Yize turned pale in shock and asked: "A year and a half? That means Gu can still get better, right?"

An Bulie lowered his head and said, "It should be?"

Zhao Yize: "..."