Liu Fan took Luo Lianyi's hand and got into the carriage. Luo Lianyi's face was pale and her palms were cold. Liu Fan looked at her lovingly and slowly introduced a trace of inner energy from her palm.
"Are you feeling better?" he asked her softly.
Luo Lianyi felt a warm current flowing in from her palms, gradually infiltrating her whole body. She felt much more comfortable, and there was a trace of blush on her face. "Better." She replied softly.
"So I really want to take you into seclusion and leave these intrigues and intrigues and sword shadows forever." Liu Fan held her hand tightly, his eyes obsessed, and his expression revealed a touch of vicissitudes of life.
Luo Lianyi met his gaze, and her heart skipped a beat. At this moment, she felt like she wanted to stay with him forever.
"The road ahead is bleak, can we keep our hearts?" Liu Fan asked quietly.
Luo Lianyi didn't say anything. She never liked to make promises easily to unknown things.
Seeing that she was speechless for a long time, Liu Fan let go of her hand and sat silently, with a deep expression on his face, showing no sadness or joy. Luo Lianyi looked at his sculpture-like silhouette, and suddenly thought of four words: unparalleled loneliness.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" The small building outside the carriage called.
Liu Fan stretched out his hand to open the curtain and saw Xiaozhu and the shopkeeper, the scholar, standing side by side in front of the carriage. However, the scholar had changed into the clothes of an ordinary man. He was wearing a fur hat and a short jacket, and he no longer looked pedantic.
"Caomin Jiang Feng pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince." Jiang Feng bowed to the ground.
"Forgive me." Liu Fan jumped off the carriage and helped him up.
"Your Highness, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Jiang Feng would like to see me off for a ride. Please get in the car," Jiang Feng said, cupping his fists.
"Okay." Liu Fan stretched out his hand and led Xiao Zhu into the carriage. The three of them sat down. Jiang Feng jumped on the carriage, whipped the horse and left the inn. He walked ten feet away, turned around and raised his hand to shoot a rocket.
Then he galloped wildly without looking behind him. The inn was in flames and was instantly reduced to ashes.
In Xiling Palace, Emperor Liu Hongjing almost fainted when he heard the news of the prince's death. He fell down on the throne, his hands trembling, and the majestic and heroic look on his face seemed to disappear in an instant, and he turned ten years old in the blink of an eye.
"Xi'er! I'm sorry for you!" He trembled, his eyes widened, and tears rolled down his face.
"The Emperor's condolences." The civil and military officials of the entire court knelt on the ground, kowtowing to the ground one by one, not daring to express their anger. Grand Tutor Sima had already fainted due to grief, and was helped down to rest by the eunuchs, while Prime Minister Yin was kneeling on the ground at this moment.
The grief and anger inside turned into tears, dripping on the cold bluestone floor.
"I must find out the real culprit who killed the prince and cut him into pieces!" Liu Hongjing suddenly hit Long An and yelled loudly, making Duanmu Mengzheng, who was kneeling on the ground, tremble in fright.
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"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince accidentally fell down a cliff and died. No one harmed Your Highness. Please express your condolences." The uncle raised his head tremblingly and said.
"Your Majesty, I suspect that this is the work of Dongling dog thief Qi Yu. The so-called princess he sent must be the killer he sent, so she took advantage of the chaos to murder the prince and died together with his highness." The Ministry of War.
Shangshu Duanmuchun raised his head and reported carefully.
Liu Hongjing's eyes swept across their faces and said coldly: "I will investigate thoroughly. You Duanmu family don't have to be so nervous."
Duanmu Mengzheng and Duanmuchun both lowered their heads, and no one dared to say anything more.
In the Qingning Palace, Duanmu Yunji stood leisurely on the corridor and played with a parrot. Far away from the corridor, the young father-in-law came in a hurry.
"Slave, please see the Queen." Eunuch Tong quickly arrived in front of her. He swept the dust away and knelt down to pay homage.
"No courtesy." Duanmu Yunji raised her hand lightly, turned around and walked into the hall. Eunuch Tong stood up and followed her step by step.
"You all go down." Duanmu Yunji waved to the maids and eunuchs in the palace, who hurriedly bowed their heads and bowed their eyebrows and exited the palace.
"Tell me." Duanmu Yunji sat down, took a sip of tea, and said slowly.
"All the people sent by the empress have disappeared, and the people sent by the uncle have also disappeared. I feel that there is something fishy here and should not be taken lightly." Eunuch Tong reported back.
Duanmu Yunji was silent while holding tea, and then asked: "Have you confirmed that the prince is dead?"
"Confirmed, if you fall off the cliff, you will definitely die." Tong Gong said impartially.
"Have you seen the body?" Duanmu Yunji asked.
"This - not yet." Eunuch Tong lowered his head and replied.
Duanmu Yunji glanced at him and placed the tea cup in her hand heavily on the table. "If you don't see the body, do you dare to say that he is really dead?" She stood up and said angrily, changing her happy look just now.
"The emperor has sent people down the cliff to search for the body. The servants and uncles dare not send people to participate at this time. They can only wait for news from the emperor. According to Eunuch Ji, who is beside the emperor, the emperor told the court today that he was against the Duanmu family.
If anything goes wrong, your Majesty must be careful." Eunuch Tong reported.
"What did you say?" Duanmu Yunji's eyes were filled with resentment.
"The emperor said that the murderer of the prince would be cut into thousands of pieces. Uncle Guo and Lord Shangshu came out to speak. The emperor said that the people of the Duanmu family should not be so nervous."
Duanmu Yunji's eyebrows were furrowed. She sat down, pressed her fingers between her eyebrows, and closed her eyes slightly.
"Empress." Eunuch Tong called her carefully.
"Don't be afraid. The emperor doesn't dare to attack the Duanmu family without enough evidence. What matters now is whether the prince is really dead. If not, this matter will be big and we will all be in vain.
Busy work." Duanmu Yunji said slowly.
"Don't worry, Madam, I'm going to find out the news right now." Eunuch Tong said.
"Go." Duanmu Yunji waved.
Eunuch Tong bent down and backed away from the door. Duanmu Yunji asked again: "Isn't there any news about your brother?"
"No." Eunuch Tong replied sadly.
"He has great martial arts skills and is not expected to be killed easily. I don't believe there is anyone more powerful than him around the prince." Duanmu Yunji stood up and paced back and forth in the palace. She was very familiar with the people around the prince.
After excluding them one by one, they still could not find anyone whose martial arts skills were higher than Second Eunuch Tong's.
"My servant has resigned." Eunuch Tong bent down and said.
"Let's go out." Duanmu Yunji nodded. After Eunuch Tong left, she called the palace maid and ordered her to dress up.
"Help me go to Ruoxi Palace." After dressing up, she stretched out her hand, and with the support of the palace maid, she walked gracefully to the west, the former palace of Concubine Xi - Ruoxi Palace. As long as the emperor has handled the government affairs for so many years, he will retire from the court.
Just staying there is a habit known to all the concubines in the palace. Even if he favors the concubine of a certain palace, he will never stay in that palace overnight. He will definitely return to Ruoxi Palace to rest afterward.
"The Queen has arrived!" The eunuch outside Ruoxi Palace saw her from a distance and announced with a sharp voice.