Shi Xun followed him out of the yamen and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Zhiqiong.
"Zhi Qiong, I asked you to rest for five days, but you haven't done anything for seven consecutive days! This is not appropriate. You have been promoted to a red light man, and you must abide by the rules in the future!"
Chen Shuncai smiled and said: "Shi Qianhu, stop scolding, let Xu Hongdeng pack his things and follow our family! Do you think he will look like this in tattered clothes when he gets to the palace?"
Xu Zhiqiong went to the hut, changed into the uniform of a red lantern man, carried a lantern, hung up his saber, and was neatly dressed.
Han Chen was waiting at the door. Xu Zhiqiong lowered his voice and said: "Brother Han, you go to Miss Chang first. She lives with Miss Shi at the Fulai Inn. You can find a way to break the poison on Miss Shi."
Han Chen glanced at Xu Zhiqiong and asked, "Why does Miss Chang keep calling herself our family?"
Xu Zhiqiong blinked: "This is a habit of our family. Brother Han must have been to Goulan too. The actors like to call themselves our family."
In Daxuan, actors do have the habit of calling themselves our family.
Han Chen thought for a moment and said, "I haven't been to Goulan very often, but I have heard a lot of opera, but they don't speak in this tone."
The actor calls himself "our family", referring to a person with a bad life, who means to have nothing to do with the world, and his tone is very light.
But the eunuch called himself our family and said that he was a servant of the royal family. His tone was slightly content, which was obviously different from the actor.
Han Chen had never spoken to eunuchs before, but Chen Shuncai's tone today sounded very similar to Chang Decai's.
Xu Zhiqiong knew that this matter could not be concealed, so he comforted Han Chen: "There are some things that don't need to be investigated deeply. There is no harm in it."
Han Chen shook his head and said, "This matter must be investigated thoroughly!"
Xu Zhiqiong had no choice but to whisper a few words into Han Chen's ear and then left.
Han Chen stood in front of the small house and felt the sky darken in an instant.
Qiao Shungang met Han Chen and went up to say hello: "Doctor Han, it's been a long time..."
Click!
A thunderbolt struck, and Qiao Shungang jumped three feet in fright.
"This, this, what is this going to do!"
Han Chen walked out of Zhangdeng Yamen without saying a word.
…
Xu Zhiqiong followed Chen Shuncai to the palace, wondering about Chen Shuncai's intentions all the way.
He definitely came to me not on the orders of the prince, but on the orders of the emperor.
Why does the emperor want me to enter the palace?
He definitely didn't want to kill me, and it wouldn't take so much trouble to kill me, not to mention he was worried about the true God being angry.
He probably knew that I was investigating something outside, so he locked me up in the palace and kept me under surveillance.
But what does this matter have to do with the prince?
Emperor Zhaoxing's thoughts are too elusive, and I can't guess the clues at the moment. Let's follow the old eunuch for now, and we will find out when we meet the emperor.
After entering the palace, Xu Zhiqiong did not see the emperor as he expected, so Chen Shuncai sent him directly to the East Palace.
The prince was lying on the couch with layers of bandages on his body. The moment he saw Xu Zhiqiong, his eyes became moist.
"Okay, okay, good brother, you are here. If, if, if you come later, I won't be able to see you."
what's going on?
Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, what happened?"
Who hurt the prince like this?
Who dares to hurt the prince?
It seems that in Daxuan Kingdom, only one person dared to hurt him.
Emperor Zhaoxing.
He still attacked the prince!
Seeing the prince dying, Xu Zhiqiong felt sad in his heart.
In front of the Canglong Palace, Xu Zhiqiong had a bloody battle with Prince Huai's soldiers, and the prince had saved him. Xu Zhiqiong would never forget this friendship.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye...
The prince coughed twice and panted: "Don't ask what's going on. Now that you're here, I, I, I feel much more at ease. Brother, I've been through this mortal world, and I've enjoyed all the glory and wealth. There's nothing in this life."
pity,
But, but, there is one person, I, I can't always worry about, I, my Crown Princess, just, just entrust it to..."
Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly interrupted the prince, turned to Chen Shuncai and said: "The prince is seriously injured and is not easy to disturb. Chen Bingbi, let's talk somewhere else."
Chen Shuncai smiled bitterly and said: "Xu Denglang, this place cannot be changed. You will live here in the future. His Royal Highness has encountered an assassin."
"Assassin?" Xu Zhiqiong guessed wrong again. This was not done by Emperor Zhaoxing.
Chen Shuncai nodded and said: "Three days ago, assassins came out of the East Palace, sneaked into the prince's palace, killed five guards, and almost injured the prince!"
"Nearly?" Xu Zhiqiong exclaimed, "The prince is injured like this, how can you say it's almost?"
Chen Shuncai sighed: "His Royal Highness was smart and escaped from the East Palace when he was in danger. He happened to meet our family. The assassin did not dare to fight with our family and escaped from the palace."
Xu Zhiqiong was stunned: "How did His Highness get injured?"
Chen Shuncai looked sad: "When His Highness was escaping from the East Palace, he accidentally fell and broke his arm."
"The arm is broken...what, why is it bandaged like this?"
The prince said with difficulty: "It's autumn, so wrap it up thickly, warm, warm..."
I'll trap you!
If you weren't the prince, I would have tricked you to death on the spot!
Chen Shuncai said: "Your Majesty asked our family to protect the prince, but the prince could not trust our family and insisted on letting you come. Guarding the palace is originally the responsibility of Bingjingwu, and Bingjingwu is in charge of your office, so Your Majesty agreed to the prince's request."
, I want you to enter the palace immediately, Xu Denglang, I have already given you all the instructions you need to give, and in the days to come, you must listen to the prince’s instructions.”
Chen Shuncai left.
The prince grabbed Xu Zhiqiong's hand and said in a trembling voice: "Zhiqiong..."
Xu Zhiqiong didn't want to talk to him.
The prince felt that the call was not affectionate enough, so he said again: "Qiong!"
Xu Zhiqiong really didn't want to agree, so he turned his face to the side: "What are your orders, Your Highness?"
"Do you know why I called you to the palace?"
Xu Zhiqiong turned his face back: "Your Highness is worried that I am in danger?"
The prince shook his head and said: "That's not true, it's because I really met an assassin, and I really can't trust others."
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said: "I'm really curious, what kind of assassin can sneak into the East Palace quietly? You have so many guards under you, and you don't even notice it?"
The prince lowered his voice and said: "What I'm saying is that not only the guards didn't notice it, but even the imperial guards didn't notice it. They came and left when they wanted. With such an ability, I could actually save my life. What do you think?
Is this strange?"
"There is indeed something strange," Xu Zhiqiong nodded, "I have encountered a lot of strange things recently. I don't know if these things are related to the assassin."
"What happened to you again?"
Xu Zhiqiong said in the prince's ear: "I saw a few trees."
The prince was startled. He suddenly sat up and looked at Xu Zhiqiong angrily: "Why are you talking about such a thing? I asked you to come here so that you can protect me. Follow me and do serious things."
"What serious business?"
"Sleep with the princess!"
"Your Highness, don't mess around!"
"How dare you say that I am fooling around! When you come to the East Palace, you must obey my orders and follow me!"
The prince pulled Xu Zhiqiong towards the back garden. The East Palace was a mini version of the palace, and the back garden was full of concubines. Xu Zhiqiong was at a loss and kept trying to dissuade him: "Your Highness, you can't go, you really can't go!"
The prince refused to argue and forced Xu Zhiqiong into the back garden, opened a side room and pushed Xu Zhiqiong in.
"Come out quickly, I've brought your sweetheart here!"
Xu Zhiqiong was surprised, could there be an acquaintance living here?
A woman came out from behind the screen and smiled sweetly, revealing her dimples.
"Is this the Crown Princess?" Xu Zhiqiong was dumbfounded.
The prince smiled and said: "This is not the princess. The princess is elder sister Lin. This is the second elder sister Lin. She is the younger sister of the princess and came here as a dowry."
The prince pointed to his ears and motioned to Second Sister Lin to block the sound.
Second Sister Lin doesn't know how to use the Yin-Yang Array, but she has her own methods.
“Hearing with the ear may not necessarily be understood with the heart.
If the mind is unclear, then one does not know its meaning;
The ears hear the words, but they don’t understand their meaning.”
With this skill, even if someone eavesdrops outside the door, they will not be able to understand what is being said in the room.
The prince said: "At first I was afraid that someone would eavesdrop, and I married an onmyoji to help me set up the formation. But I didn't expect that there are many people in the palace who know onmyoji. It is not difficult to break the formation. Second Sister Lin's method is better.
.”
Lin Qianniang looked at Xu Zhiqiong affectionately, and the prince coughed and said: "Anyway, it can't be heard outside. Do you do things first and I will talk about them later, or do I talk about things first and you do things later?"
Lin Qianniang blushed, lowered her head and said, "You all obey His Highness's orders."
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the prince: "Does your highness take this seriously?"
Are you serious about asking me to sleep with your woman?
"Seriously!" The prince said with a serious face, "Although she is married to me, I have never touched her. This is my dear general. One day, I will marry her to a good family, so you can work here!"
The prince pulled up a chair and watched from the side.
You look at it, what do you want me to do...
"Let's talk first!" Xu Zhiqiong also pulled up a chair and sat down.
Lin Qianniang was a little disappointed and had to sit aside.
The prince asked: "How many trees did you say you saw? What kind of trees were they?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "The same tree as An Shuyuan."
The prince felt a pain in his heart and his cheeks twitched.
"Why do you say it's the same as An Shuyuan?"
"The tree can talk, has roots, and the roots can move."
The prince still didn't believe it: "It might be an illusion created by the Yin Yang family, or it might be a monster raised by the Lingxiu family."
Xu Zhiqiong added: "I saw a total of four trees. These four trees were made with more than two thousand human lives."
The prince scratched the hem of his clothes and Xu Zhiqiong hit the nail on the head.
"Qiong, do you know what the Impermanent Blood Tree is?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head.
The prince asked again: "Do you know what the path of chaos and impermanence is?"
"I just heard that it is one of the evil ways."
The prince looked at the vase on the table and played with the peonies in the bottle: "It is said that people are not grass and trees, but if you can turn people into plants, this is the method of chaos and impermanence, and in the palace, there is chaos and impermanence.
The cultivator."
"What did His Highness say?"
"The current queen."
"Isn't the current Queen your Highness's biological mother?"