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Because Emperor Jing was seriously ill, and the prince was filial and gentle, he specially ordered the Minister of Rites to hold a blessing ceremony in the palace in the suburbs.

On that day, all civil and military officials and male relatives were present, and they all had to wear plain clothes and white shirts, and bowed down.With his pious heart, he turned danger into good luck for Emperor Jing.

Jiangyang Palace is quite far from the imperial city, and it is located in Wanlin Mountain. Several hexagram masters once distributed hexagram images, and they believed that Wanlin Mountain was a treasure land of geomantic omen, so Emperor Jing ordered people to build a palace here.

This was originally a place for the royal family to enjoy the cool and recuperate during the hot summer season, but Taichang Temple Minister calculated the feng shui astrology and insisted that the blessing ceremony must be held in this palace. Although the prince did not understand the reason, he still agreed.

The day before the trip, Si He called Qi Shu to his side and confessed: "I will leave my mother and Xiao Lushui to you."

"My lord, you're welcome." Qi Shu said with a smile, "Then I'll send them to Yunxiao Villa, and come to find you, lord."

"Don't bother." Si He thought for a while, and then said: "But that's fine, how about it, you just wait for me in Luojia Village."

Luojia Village is located between the Imperial City and the Xinggong, Si He was afraid that the time when Qi Shu came back would not coincide with the time when they left the Xinggong, and they would go astray at that time, so it would be better to find a place in the middle so that they would not delay each other.

After finalizing everything, Si He turned around and went back to the house to start packing his luggage.

He didn't ask his maidservant to help him. On this trip, just in case, he still decided to take all the painting scroll ink and brush with him. Others must not understand why he did this. The less people saw, the less mouth he had.

So he is reluctant to let other people know.

After packing up the last scroll, he took advantage of the opportunity to put in the plaque that Emperor Jing had given him, but when he touched his waist, it was empty.

What about the brand?

He was taken aback, quickly put down his luggage, and began to search through boxes and boxes. After finding nothing, his heart sank.

Could it be... that it was stolen by Lu Yu?

***

Jiu Qing saw that for several days, Ji Wanghuai was smiling, he thought it must be Mr. Si's credit, but he knew that he couldn't speak, and when the time came, he would not only touch Ji Wanghuai's bad luck, but also make it more serious. He was too embarrassed to ask in person, so he urged Yu Jiang to explore the way.

"Yu Jiang——" Jiuqing stood behind the tent and waved to Yu Jiang, "Tell me, why is the prince so happy these days?"

"Isn't it right that the prince is happy?" Yu Jiang didn't understand what Jiuqing was thinking all day long, "Don't you expect the prince to be sad all the time?"

"That's not what I meant." Jiuqing argued, "I mean, why is the prince in such a good mood after reading Mr. Si's letter?"

"Understood." Yu Jiang has known Jiuqing for so many years, and Yu Jiang has seen clearly the little Jiujiu in his heart, "You are curious, what did Mr. Si write in the letter?"

"That's what it means!" Jiuqing grinned, "Go and ask me, don't you want the fan pendant that the prince rewarded me last time? Anyway, I'm not like you literati who like to use fans as a gift. That's right."

Yu Jiang also laughed, and Jiuqing was quite sensible: "Deal."

Taking advantage of Ji Wanghuai's gap at noon, he opened the curtain and walked in, "My lord, the morale of the lieutenant generals has been high these days, and the training has achieved remarkable results."

"Very good." Ji Wanghuai nodded in satisfaction, "Thanks to Commander Yan."

"The other part should be thanks to Mr. Si." Yu Jiang said with a smile: "Because Mr. Si is in a good mood, the prince rewarded the soldiers with mutton soup, so they are full of energy."

Ji Wanghuai picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said with a leisurely smile, "Why, set me up?"

"My subordinates dare not." Yu Jiang found a seat for himself and sat down, and said with a smile: "My subordinates are just curious, what did the young master of this company write in the letter."

Ji Wanghuai chuckled, he knew what Yu Jiang was here for this time, so he handed him the letter, "Whatever you want to see, you can see for yourself."

Yu Jiang carefully read the letter paper over and over again, except for the last sentence on the letter paper, the previous content was full of irrelevant daily trifles.

And that last sentence is only a few short words.

"This company's son said in his letter that he would tell the lord something." Even Yu Jiang was a little confused, the two of them were clearly playing charades. "What's the matter?"

"No rush, I'll know when the time comes." Ji Wanghuai still smiled, his eyes full of tenderness.

……

Si He straddled the horse, holding a whip, and seeing the doorman of Prince Yu's Mansion standing by the door, he frowned impatiently and said, "Where's your lord?"

The door boy recognized him as Si He, he had been to the palace several times, and it seemed that King Yu had a good relationship with this Mr. Si, so he knew that there was no delay, and hurriedly said: "I will report to the lord."

It happened that Ren Bo Hou was spying with Lu Yu in the room.

"This matter, no matter what, must be successful." Ren Bohou closed his eyes and said with some vicissitudes: "My lord, there is no turning back when you open the bow."

"This king knows." Lu Yu sighed, feeling a little out of breath for a while, "Success or failure also depends on it."

The atmosphere in the room gradually became depressing. Neither of them spoke. In the dim room, time seemed to stop.

It was at this time that the doorman broke in, as if a gap had been torn open in the heavy curtain, and fresh air rushed in, even if it was accompanied by a strong wind and rain.

"My lord, Mr. Si is asking to see you outside the door."

Ren Bohou was taken aback for a moment, then he frowned and asked, "Which Mr. Si is it?"

"You don't need to ask, it's Si He." Lu Yu made a gesture to appease Ren Bohou, "Don't worry, I'm going to see what's going on."

Only then did Ren Bohou relax, but he still asked worriedly, "Si He doesn't know I'm here, does he?"

Lu Yu shook his head, "He definitely doesn't know."

He vaguely guessed why Si He was so eager, and in the blink of an eye, he had already figured out a countermeasure.

The fine snow began to fall again, and Si He rode on the white horse, wearing a silver fox cloak and plain white shirt inside, almost blending into the snow scene.

Lu Yu walked to the front door with a smile, and pretended to apologize, "I've been waiting for a long time."

"King Yu." Si He didn't have time to do some superficial politeness with Lu Yu, so he just asked softly, "You stole my brand?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Lu Yu said in surprise, "You said you lost your badge, but could it be the badge that Emperor Jing once gave you?"

"Don't tell me what you have or what you don't have." Si He said sharply, "Prince Yu, do you know what you are doing!"

"Of course this king knows." Lu Yu withdrew his smile, and said coldly: "But Mr. Si's top priority, shouldn't he find the token first? If His Majesty knows that Mr. Si lost the token, it would be a serious crime."

"Master Si still has the heart to go to the palace to inquire about the crime, but he is so brave."

At the end of his speech, Si He actually laughed lightly.

"Lu Yu——" Si He clapped his hands with a smile, and he smiled happily, "Now you finally know how to use the title of prince to suppress me and other people."

"You used to look so sanctimonious," Si He said with a soft laugh, "It's really disgusting."

Not caring about Lu Yu's angry pale face, Si He turned his horse's head with a sneer, and walked forward slowly step by step, only the leisurely voice reached Lu Yu's ears.

"Since I have explained my words today, in the future, there is no need to save yesterday's favor."

The guard of honor praying for blessings marched endlessly from the palace to the outside of the palace.Emperor Jing should have stayed in the palace, but maybe he is getting old, and his desire to survive has become stronger. He said that he should go to the palace with him to enjoy the blessings. He thinks that when he prays in the palace, it is good luck. At the best moment, maybe he received the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at that time, and he recovered from his illness.

Emperor Jing didn't bring many people with him on this trip, except for the forbidden army.He can't move his body now, only a pair of eyeballs can move, and it is even more difficult to open his mouth to say a few words.

——Chengguo, after all, is no longer his.

He thought so.

***

After much deliberation, Qi Shu still wrote a letter to Ji Wanghuai.

In the letter, he relayed what Si He had told him to Ji Wanghuai.

Although in this way, Mr. Si might be dissatisfied with him, but telling Si He everything truthfully was a task entrusted to him by Ji Wanghuai, and he had no choice but to do so.

However, when the letter reached Ji Wanghuai, it was already two days later.

"Pa—" Ji Wanghuai slapped the table, and laughed out of anger, "What a Si He."

Seeing that Ji Wanghuai was in a hurry, Jiuqing didn't know what happened for a while, he and Yu Jiang looked at each other, both of them looked at a loss.

"Let Qi Shu go back to the palace immediately!" Ji Wanghuai's face darkened, almost gnashing his teeth: "Immediately! Don't delay!"

He is so angry today, he is completely different from the previous few days.Jiuqing was so frightened that it was Yu Jiang who bumped into him, and he ran out of the tent to find the messenger.

"My lord." Yu Jiang stepped forward with a serious expression: "But what happened?"

"Si He dismissed Qi Shu and asked Qi Shu to take Xiao Lushui to Yunxiao Villa first." Ji Wanghuai said coldly, "He just wanted to push Xiao Lushui away to keep him safe."

"This..." Yu Jiang didn't understand the connection between them, "Then why is the prince angry?"

Ji Wanghuai closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Today the Crown Prince of Chengguo is praying for Emperor Jing in the palace, the location of the palace is remote, and Emperor Jing's entourage is naturally not many, and when Emperor Jing suffers from serious illness, the crown prince's foundation is not stable. .”

"My lord is saying—" Yu Jiang took a breath, "The young master..."

"He should have expected all of this a long time ago." Ji Wanghuai couldn't tell what his emotions were, but he said softly: "That's why I asked Mrs. Si to go to the mountain to avoid disasters. I'm afraid the intention is to hide Xiao Lushui, so as not to be caught by someone with a heart. people take advantage of."

"Why is Mr. Si going?" Yu Jiang murmured: "Yes, the emperor's order is hard to disobey, Mr. Si may have to do it..."

"This time, there will be more dangers than dangers." Ji Wanghuai murmured, seeing him suddenly brush away the sundries on the table, and in an instant, the tent was in a mess.

He punched the table again, and said bitterly: "It's not been a day or two since Lu Yu and Si He disagreed, and this time he will definitely be used to demonstrate against the courtiers! Si He just has a disobedient temperament, even if it is the tip of a knife He will go head-on, what a fool! Fool!" At the end of the words, he even choked up.

Yu Jiang was also silent.

This is the first time he saw their King Yu,

Because of the life and death of an outsider, she shed tears.

Ji Wanghuai's speculation is indeed true.

At this time, Jiangyang Palace was full of flames. Under the gate of the palace, there were [-] soldiers and horses borrowed from Shanzhou by Lu Yu and Ren Bohou.Commander Zheng took the lead, held up the torch, made a gesture, and said loudly: "Listen, people in the palace—open the palace gate—"

The crown prince and the others stood above the palace gate, seeing Lu Yu, the crown prince roared angrily, "King Yu! Are you planning to rebel!"

"As you can see." King Yu smiled slightly. In his opinion, the eldest brother in the old days was too embarrassed today. He gave orders loudly and loudly: "Shoot the arrow——"

In an instant, like a goddess scattering flowers, a dense rain of arrows hit the people on the palace wall, like dark clouds overwhelming the city.Fortunately, Si He reacted quickly and dragged the prince to hide behind the city wall.

Immediately, there was wailing on the palace wall, blood flowed like a river, and corpses were everywhere.

"Prince!" Si He said anxiously, "Quickly send an order to the people in the palace to send more reinforcements!"

The prince shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "This place is surrounded by them, there is no secret passage."

"You mean..." Si He's heart sank heavily.

"We have no way out."