On the night of the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed heavily in the capital. Before dawn the next day, there were many soldiers with brooms and shovels at the east gate of the capital clearing away the snow. Many people also joined in, clearing the way in and out of the city.
The roads are kept clean.
People said: "His Majesty Ninth Prince and Princess Yu will come back before the end of the year. The date should be here today. Let's clear an extra section of the road to prevent His Highness Ninth Prince's car from skidding."
So, everyone silently picked up the tools and swept a section of the official road outside the city.
Hurrying slowly, Xuan Tianming and his wife finally returned to the capital in the early morning of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. The people and soldiers saw a carriage driving quickly towards them from a long way away. Some soldiers with sharp eyes glanced at
He recognized Bai Ze who was driving the carriage and cheered loudly: "His Royal Highness is back! Princess Yu is back!"
When people heard the news, they immediately became excited, waving their arms towards the carriage, and kept shouting: "Your Majesty the Ninth Prince! Concubine Yu! Welcome back to the capital!" After that, they all knelt down, some kowtowed, and some clapped their hands.
Yes, and some wiped away tears.
Soon, just like tears being contagious, more and more people began to cry, and the cry was so loud that the carriage was still some distance from the city gate, and the people in the carriage heard what was going on outside.
The movement seems wrong.
Bai Ze half-turned his head and said to the people in the car: "Many people came out of the city to greet them, but they were all crying and wearing plain clothes." After another pause, he analyzed to himself: "They should still be waiting for Qi.
Your Highness is in mourning, right? Didn’t the news along the way say that the people of Kyoto spontaneously mourned His Highness the Seventh? I just didn’t expect that tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, and people still don’t want to stop.”
Feng Yuheng stood up, walked to the front of the car and opened the curtain. The cold wind immediately rushed in, causing some tears in her eyes. But she couldn't tell whether the tears were caused by the cold wind or because she was feeling uncomfortable.
, just looking at those people kneeling on the ground, my nose felt very sore.
"Seventh Brother can have such a big influence in Zong Sui's Kyoto, let alone our own territory. Along the way, we saw many people in provincial capitals also wearing plain clothes. Come to think of it, His Highness Seventh Prince was killed in the bombing
The news outside Tongcheng has spread throughout Dashun, right?" She felt faintly worried in her heart, for Concubine Yun, Emperor Tianwu, and Xiangrong. "The news came that grandpa passed away and Xiangrong came back to attend the funeral.
, the news came back last time that she fell ill because of Brother Seventh, and I don’t know how that girl is doing now. I’m really afraid that she got into trouble. If she gets hurt because of Brother Seventh, how can I help?
Where is she?"
Xuan Tianming was also helpless. The last time he received news was ten days ago. Since he was about to return to Beijing, he didn't ask anyone to visit him again. It seemed that Feng Xiangrong was seriously ill, but he didn't mention what the reason was.
He could only advise Feng Yuheng: "You and I have already arrived at the city gate. You will know when you go back and take a look."
She sat back in the carriage and said to Wangchuan and Huangquan: "Go outside and say hello to the people! If they ask about Brother Seventh, I really don't know how to deal with it."
The two girls followed the instructions and got out of the carriage. She could hear them standing on the carriage talking to the people and the soldiers guarding the city. Regarding the question about Xuan Tianhua, she heard Wangchuan say: "I want to
If we want the country to be peaceful and the people to be safe, the hidden dangers at the border must be eliminated. This is the price that must be paid in exchange for the well-being of the people. Have you seen the back of our carriage? The culprit Duanmu Anguo is in that prison carriage. His Highness and the Princess have said that they must be let go
That person paid for all the suffering in the world and then sent him to hell to never be reborn."
People's attention was successfully diverted, and all the hatred was focused on Duanmu Anguo. Everyone knew that the thunder outside Tongcheng was buried by Duanmu Anguo, and he was the murderer of His Highness Seventh Prince. Now, Duanmu Anguo is right in front of him,
How can people make him better?
As a result, everyone rushed back and tried every means to beat Duanmu Anguo in the prison car. The secret guard escorting him shouted loudly: "You can beat him, but you can't beat him to death! Your Highness told the princess that it would be too late to die."
If you take advantage of him, you will leave him to suffer!"
The sound became farther and farther, and the carriage entered the city gate and drove quickly towards the palace.
Xuan Tianming said something: "When I enter the palace, you should go back to the Princess's Mansion first to take a look! If anything happens..."
"I will enter the palace with you." Feng Yuheng suppressed the anxiety in her heart and said: "After all, it is the father, the emperor, mother and concubine who are in the palace. Whether it is for the sake of Dashun's stability or considering that I am their daughter-in-law, I should
Take care of them first." After saying that, he said to Wangchuan Huangquan: "You two go back to the Princess's Mansion. No matter what happens there, tell them not to be anxious or panic. I will be able to do it soon.
Come out of the palace and wait until I come back to talk about everything."
The two girls got off the car at a fork in the road and took the prison car and a group of secret guards back to the Princess's Mansion first. Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming's carriage accelerated towards the palace until they arrived in front of Deyang Gate.
, when he saw Wang Zhuo who was guarding the gate, and saw Wang Zhuo kneeling down and crying in front of them, Xuan Tianming's heart thumped, "Something happened." He said, "Something must have happened in the palace. Those damn bastards
, in the messages sent back and forth, they must have not told the truth to me, seeing as I will not deal with them when I go back."
The two of them didn't wait for a moment, got off the carriage and hurried to the palace. Wang Zhuo followed for a while and told them: "Go to Yuehan Palace, the emperor and Concubine Yun are both there. This matter has to be done by my subordinates."
I don’t know what to say, but in short, His Highness and Princess understood everything when they arrived at Yuehan Palace."
Indeed, when they arrived at Yuehan Palace, they understood everything.
Having already received the news that Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming had entered the palace, Ban Zuo was kneeling in Yuehan Palace. They saw him as soon as they entered. Feng Yuheng was puzzled, "Ban Zuo, what are you doing?"
Ban Zou raised his head and said expressionlessly: "My subordinate failed to protect your empress well. Please punish me, master."
Feng Yuheng was stunned and wanted to ask something, but Xuan Tianming did not stop and strode forward. As he walked, he said: "Get up, should I be punished? I want to see my mother and concubine."
Let’s talk about it later.”
Ban Zou silently followed the two of them to Concubine Yun's palace. As soon as he entered the door, before he could see the person lying on the bed, he saw Emperor Tianwu sitting in front of the table holding a wine flask, taking a sip from time to time.
I don't know how much I drank in one sip, but the entire palace was filled with the smell of alcohol.
Xuan Tianming frowned fiercely, and came up angrily. He was about to get angry, but Feng Yuheng pulled him in time, pointed to the dormitory, and whispered: "Yes.
Didn't notice any difference?"
He was slightly startled, and looked around again. It seemed that there had been a change, but where was the change... Finally he saw something strange. Concubine Yun liked crystal glass. In the past, the walls of this hall were covered with glass, and the floor was covered with glass.
They are all inlaid with crystals, which are very beautiful. But now, those glazed crystals have been removed and replaced with ordinary wallpapers. The whole hall looks fine, but compared to Concubine Yun's gorgeous bedroom in the past, it is
It's more than a little shabby.
He was puzzled, "Why is it like this?"
"It's not just that." Feng Yuheng pointed to a few tables and said: "I used to give many mirrors to my mother-in-law. She liked it very much and said that the mirrors I gave reflected people clearly, so she moved them everywhere in Yuehan Palace.
All. But look, there is not a single mirror here now... Xuan Tianming, you wait here, I will go see my mother and concubine first."
"Why don't you let me go?" Xuan Tianming stared at the screen in front of Concubine Yun's bed, with fire almost coming out of his eyes.
Feng Yuheng held his hand and tried to make her voice as calm and gentle as possible. She said, "I am a woman, so it is more convenient."
Xuan Tianming suppressed the anger in his heart and nodded. Feng Yuheng didn't wait any longer and walked quickly to the bed. As he was walking, he heard Xuan Tianming and Emperor Tianwu say coldly behind him: "Don't drink.
Already."
The old emperor replied to him: "You are back? Where is my Hua'er?"
Her nose felt sore and she walked around the screen. Who knew that what she saw was such an old Concubine Yun.
Feng Yuheng didn't know how to describe her surprise. She had prepared for the worst. She had thought that Concubine Yun was seriously ill because of Xuan Tianhua's incident. She had thought that she was not afraid of serious illness, as long as she came back,
There is always a way to cure it. But I didn't expect that Concubine Yun's sadness would be expressed in this form.
She was stunned, her mind was buzzing, and she kept thinking about how to diagnose and treat this? Her hair was gray and her face was old... She reached forward and touched Concubine Yun's wrist pulse. Fortunately, aging was just a symptom.
Like, the organs did not decline along with it. This reminded her of Bai Furong, who also aged so quickly, but it was poisoning, someone planted a toxin into her body. She struggled with that toxin for a long time
After a long time, I finally used medicine to suppress it bit by bit.
However, Concubine Yun's aging is different from that of Bai Furong!
She was infinitely upset. If she had known that Xuan Tianhua's incident could cause such harm to Concubine Yun and Emperor Tianwu, she would have informed them of the news that Xuan Tianhua was still alive in a secret letter. Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything now.
Already.
She looked at Concubine Yun, reached out and pushed her gently, and whispered: "Concubine, wake up."
Concubine Yun woke up quickly. She was just aging, not sick, and her mental state did not change much. She sat up from the bed without Feng Yuheng's support, and then
He murmured: "How long have I been sleeping for? You are back. Where is Ming'er? Go and ask me, where has Lao Qi gone?"
"Mother Concubine." Feng Yuheng felt so sad that she could hardly bear to look at Concubine Yun.
But Concubine Yun didn't seem to shy away from it. She said, "I'm just getting old. I don't care about it, so what do you care about? Bastard Xuan Zhan actually demolished this house of glazed glass. Huh! Ah Heng, go ahead.
Tell him, let him dismantle it and put it back together for me. My Lao Qi is gone, so I can’t live without Liuli. Also, Ah Heng, tell me, when Lao Qi leaves...