The princess ran away again

"Your Highness, the army has already returned to the imperial court, but for some reason, it is stationed fifteen miles outside the city and has not moved forward."

"The battle report from the front line shows that General Chu and King Guang retreated before the imperial court's order arrived. Perhaps they reached a secret agreement with the Jin people."

"Your Highness, there is something strange about the death of Young Master Chu, Your Highness, please find out!"

"Princess Zhaoyang is still in the General's Mansion, what is His Highness's plan?"

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One voice after another lingered in Ning Jue's ears, and he waved his hand abruptly to silence the counselor's voice.There was a sharp light in the opened eyes, and the always gentle man was like a lion just waking up, ready to bite the enemy into pieces. "Has the Beijing Central been properly arranged?"

The staff below responded in unison: "Yes."

Ning Jue nodded and said, "Very good."

At the end of December, someone secretly reported that King Guang was against him, and the prince sent his officials to the camp to question him, but King Guang did not answer.The prince was furious, and ordered people to thoroughly investigate the palace of Guangwang, and got the emperor's seal.Lord Jiangguang's mansion.King Guang led the army approaching, issued a call to arms, and there were many sarcasms in his words.For a while, people in Beijing were panicked, and they were all uneasy.There were few pedestrians walking on the street.There are many more guards around the general's mansion.Chu Zhao didn't care too much, and spent the whole day reading and playing chess in the mansion, enjoying himself.

"What did the notice say?" Ning Jue didn't want Ning Yuyao to get in touch with this matter, and kept her out as much as possible.But Ning Yuyao couldn't be more reconciled, she nestled in the general's mansion, and naturally someone went to inquire about the news.

"It is cruel to say that the prince is unfilial." Chu Zhao raised his eyelids, and continued, "He also said that the prince's serious illness was caused by the prince. bit."

"Ridiculous." Ning Yuyao shook her hands and nearly dropped her teacup. She sneered and said, "Leading the army to conquer Jin is his Ning Lang's idea. If the father and the emperor rely on the emperor's brother, so what?" Will you agree? Right now he is stationed outside the capital, and I am afraid that he is preparing to force the palace."

"The proclamation has already been issued, and I have already torn my face." Chu Zhao smiled, thinking that his father and brother were still in King Guang's army, and immediately suppressed his smile.King Guang dared to act like this, probably because he had obtained the consent of his father and brother. Could it be that the news of his elder brother's death spread and made them distraught, so they did such a thing? "The Chu family is really going to become a traitor."

Ning Yuyao gave Chu Zhao a sidelong glance, and said softly, "Do you mean to make me stop coming to the general's mansion?"

Chu Zhao shook his head, and changed the topic back: "What do you think about the Holy One? Don't you really want to meet?"

Ning Yuyao's expression was slightly restrained, and there was a little more sadness in her brows and eyes.She deliberately avoided this question, pretending that her father was fine, but it was so turbulent, and the people in the deep palace still didn't show up. Is it true that nothing happened?She doesn't believe that the prince knows nothing. "I want to go back and have a look."

Chu Zhaodao: "If you can trust me, you can bring Qin Yiren with you, and use his ingenious medical skills to rejuvenate, maybe it will help you a little bit." The people in Qin Guogong's mansion had a rift with the prince because of Qin Yi, but the prince reconquered him with his open-mindedness. The hearts of the people of the Qin family.The current Duke of Qin is loyal to the prince.

"Alright then." Ning Yuyao hesitated for a while, then nodded.In fact, it was not the first time Chu Zhao proposed it, but he put it aside because of various concerns.Now that it's a critical juncture, I can't control so much.

Naturally, no one dared to stop Princess Zhaoyang's carriage, and the three of them easily entered the palace.The only embarrassment is how to enter the emperor's bedroom.The three of them planned for a while, planning to wait until the night was quiet and the guards were not on guard before acting.They are acting here, and the news has already reached the Prince's residence.

Ning Jue just waved his hand, and sighed helplessly, "I can't hide it anymore, let them go."

The palace in the dark night is still brightly lit.The patrolling guard walked back and forth with a steady pace, holding a knife.The three of Chu Zhao hid in the grass, and when the guard team turned around, they rushed towards the majestic palace like an arrow off the string.Chu Zhao shot very quickly, before the person guarding the door could scream, he had already knocked him down.Compared with the candlelight outside, the hall looked extraordinarily dark.The little eunuch who was on guard at night dozed off, and when he heard footsteps, he suddenly woke up from his dream. A broken exclamation stuck in his throat, and Chu Zhao's knife had landed on his shoulder and neck.

"Why does it look like this here?" Ning Yuyao touched her arm, and the cold wind blew on the back of her neck, causing her to shiver.

"It's lifeless, and there's a rotten smell." Qin Yiren is a doctor with a particularly sensitive sense of smell.He walked slowly towards the right side of the hall.The drooping crystal curtain cut off the line of sight, and the dim candle flame danced in the wind.Ning Yuyao was the first to lose her composure. She hurried to the edge of the curtain before Qin Yiren, and suddenly lifted it upwards, and there was a sudden clattering sound.

The furnishings in the hall have changed, and what catches the eye is a crystal coffin, exuding cold and rotten breath!

"This—" Ning Yuyao turned pale in shock, stroked her forehead and took several steps back, before falling into Chu Zhao's arms.His throat seemed to be choked by something, and he couldn't speak for a moment, but his eyes were red and weeping.

Of course, there are only dead people in the crystal coffin.

Chu Zhao had thought that the Son of Heaven was pretending to be sick or was really sick, but he never thought that it would be a cold corpse!The Holy Majesty passed away, and the news was kept secret for several months!Is it the prince's scheme?Or is someone else manipulating it?Why did the emperor die suddenly?

Just as the three of them were covered by a huge cloud, the sound of footsteps came out.The nine lamps in the hall were lit, and the lights were bright in an instant, which also made the pale corpse in the coffin even more terrifying.Ning Yuyao broke free from Chu Zhao's arms, she turned around slowly, and looked at the woman in palace costume who was being helped out, her nose softened even more.The phrase "mother queen" lingered on her lips, but she didn't have the strength to move forward under her feet.If he insisted on breaking into the palace, would the situation be different?Wouldn't it be a cold, lifeless corpse?Where is the emperor?He should know everything, right?Why do you have to keep it a secret?

"See the queen." Chu Zhao recovered and bowed.

Under the candlelight, half of the queen's face was hidden in the shadows, and her cold and brows were a little more distant, instead of the original gentleness.Looking back at the emperor in the crystal coffin, the queen has been guarding it all this time?Feeling terrified in my heart, I just feel that the temperature of my whole body has dropped a little.

Empress Changsun sighed and said, "You still know."

Ning Yuyao grabbed Chu Zhao's hand, suppressed tears, and asked, "How long has it been? Why did it happen?"

"When you and Ah Zhao were playing outside, the prince should have written you a lot about things in the palace, right?" Empress Changsun glanced at her husband lying in the coffin, and felt a huge mountain pressing on her shoulders, forcing her I can't help but sink into the abyss.Fortunately, everything is coming to an end.

Ning Yuyao was a little confused, so she nodded slowly.

Empress Changsun said again: "Do you know about Yonghe being expelled?"

Ning Yuyao responded, "I know."

Empress Changsun's eyes flickered, and she continued: "Back then when Yonghe did such a wrong thing, the emperor deposed her as a commoner, and the Xiao family has been kept away since then. Yonghe's biological mother is Concubine Shu Xiao, she begged for mercy several times, the emperor They refused to let go, so they felt resentful and secretly poisoned them! This poison can be cured, but there are people from King Guang in the Imperial Medical Office." At this point, Empress Changsun's expression turned cold, as if a layer of frost had been cast on the cage.In order to allow the crown prince to ascend the throne smoothly, the emperor was clearing up some resistance both openly and secretly.It's just that there is still a father-son relationship with King Guang, seeing that he is not too much, so he didn't take him directly.It's a pity that I was finally bitten by this poisonous snake.

It took a long time for Ning Yuyao to recover, and asked: "So when I returned to the palace, my father had already passed away?"

Empress Changsun nodded.

Ning Yuyao asked again: "Why do you want to hide it? Can't the emperor directly ascend the throne?"

"Although the crown prince has capable ministers to assist him, his foundation is not stable. King Guang and his henchmen may raise troops and make trouble." Empress Changsun said, "King Guang is not completely clear about your father's situation, so he pretends to be sick and pretends to be sick. His suspicion made him dare not act in a short period of time. It's just that this is not a long-term solution."

Ning Yuyao sighed lowly: "But now King Guang is still rebelling."

"It's okay, this is just a good time, the prince can solve it." Empress Changsun said, and glanced at Chu Zhao meaningfully.After a pause, she said again, "Since you've entered the palace, you should stay here with me. It's been a few months, and the deserted hall is very lonely."

Hearing what the queen said, Chu Zhao was still in a daze.The emperor pretended to be sick, and the king of light did not dare to take risks, so he could only secretly win over the power in the court.It just so happened that the chaos of the Jin State gave him a chance to take the initiative to attack the Jin State to make contributions, while the Prince fought hard, and the deep palace gave King Guang such power along the way.Are you trying to force him to rebel?The only thing that was not predicted was the secret exposure of the Chu family and the Jin royal family, right?Among those who spread Yaoyao, how many people belong to the prince?How many of them came from the King of Light?

Ning Yuyao and Chu Zhao rested in the side hall, the room was silent, staring at Chu Zhao for a while, Ning Yuyao broke the silence with a low voice: "What are you thinking?"

"It's impossible for the crown prince not to know about our entry into the palace, so he's still worried?" Chu Zhao smiled wryly.She had a hunch that the Chu family was the key to this conspiracy.The prince was holding his elder brother in custody before, and the queen is now restraining her. It is obvious that he cannot fully trust the general's mansion.

Ning Yuyao raised her eyebrows: "Huh?"

Chu Zhao sighed and said, "The crown prince may have a deal with the state of Jin, and my identity means that I am a very good chess piece worth using."

Ning Yuyao also guessed a lot of things, she felt sad, hugged Chu Zhao tightly, and whispered: "Don't think too much."