Seeing his interest, King An was very excited: "Come, come, let me show you my treasure place!"
Yang Shu finally became interested and followed the twists and turns, walking through the many trees in Taiyuan Palace.
The trees here are really lush. No wonder it was set up as the Queen Mother's palace in the previous dynasty. It is really a good place to rest.
As Wang An walked away, he babbled: "Unlike you, I had no one to play with when I was young. My eldest brother and my second brother didn't like to talk to me, and you always bullied me. Only the little eunuch played with me. But they were also uninterested.
He let me do it on purpose. Then I played by myself. There is nothing in this palace that I don’t know. Others always think Taiyuan Palace is gloomy, but it’s actually quite interesting. Come on, come on, look at this..."
The two of them came to a huge tree where several people were hugging each other, and King An climbed up.
Yang Shu couldn't stand it anymore, so he carried him and performed Qinggong, and he quickly flew to the tree trunk.
"I told you to learn some martial arts earlier, why didn't you listen?"
As soon as King An's feet hit the ground, he quickly climbed onto the branch and said, "You make it easy for me. I told you once in the early years, but no one found a master for me! Later..."
He looked down at his slightly bulging belly.
An Wang is not obese, but he eats well and has no thoughts. His figure is inevitably slightly plump. It is really tiring to do such physical work.
Speaking of this, he envied Yang Shu even more. This boy was born tall and yet he became so strong. Standing next to him, the comparison would make anyone cry...
"Can I practice now?"
Yang Shu thought for a moment: "At your age, it's too late to become a master. However, it's still possible to strengthen your body. At least it can get rid of your fat."
King An nodded: "Okay, I'll go back and try."
In the past, he was too young, had no mother to care for him, and his father ignored him. No one wanted to practice martial arts, so he just let it go. Now that he has built his own mansion, has guards and a long history, is it not easy to find a master?
King An uncovered the ivy entwining on the big tree, revealing a very small hole. It was so dark inside that he couldn't see clearly.
"One time I went to Taiyuan Palace to play and accidentally fell into this hole. There was a cave inside. Later I realized that this might be a secret passage from the previous dynasty. But I didn't tell anyone, so I just thought about it and said
Maybe it will come in handy one day?"
King An smiled self-deprecatingly: "That's all I said. I know it won't be used."
Yang Shu glanced at him with complicated emotions.
No, you used the original one. In the history that Mingwei knew, King Xin killed the prince and ascended the throne, and wanted to kill all his remaining brothers, but King An took advantage of the chaos and escaped from the capital.
Yang Shu was originally surprised. With Prince An's connections, how could he escape? It turned out that this was the inside story.
He asked: "Then how do you tell me?"
King An thought for a while and said: "Yes, you bullied me a lot when you were a child. Logically speaking, I should hate you. But seeing you like this, I feel sorry for you. Maybe I am too kind!"
"Haha!" Yang Shu replied to Prince An's boast.
Thinking about it carefully, this must be empathy for King An, right? He lost his mother when he was very young, and his father did not care for his mother. Moreover, he could feel that his father had a subtle hostility towards this grandnephew. The relationship between the two
The situation is quite similar.
Thinking of the history mentioned by Ming Wei, Yang Shu decided that it would be enough to get rid of him and prevent him from becoming emperor in the future. As long as he does not hold power, he is a good person.
"Come on, let's go in."
Yang Shu was afraid that he would fall, so he said, "I'd better do it first."
An Wang consciously gave up his position and watched Yang Shu get in. When he got in, his belly almost got stuck, so he strengthened his determination to go back and exercise.
It was dark inside, and King An blew his whistle: "Let's go!"
It was a tree hole at the beginning, and then you stepped onto the solid ground.
There is indeed a secret passage here.
The two walked for a while, and King An stopped: "Let's go here first. It's too deep inside, so I didn't dare to go forward. I guess I can get out of the palace. We have been away for so long, so it's time to go back."
Yang Shu agreed.
He also didn't want this secret passage to be discovered, and kept it to see when it might be used.
…
Another day of rituals was over and the emperor had gone to rest, so the prince went to explain to the imperial concubine.
He had other important matters that he had to leave the palace to deal with.
Concubine Pei naturally agreed.
When he was going out, he saw an old woman standing on the side of the road in a daze holding something, her body trembling slightly, her face sweaty, and she looked very frightened.
Was this a mistake? The prince thought for a moment and then passed on.
A palace attendant hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Po Ruan, I just asked you to come and give me a cake. How come you almost lost your manners in front of the imperial concubine? You scared me to death!"
This palace lady's voice was clear and crisp, and she was good-looking. The prince's steps involuntarily slowed down a little, and he turned his head to look.
The Ruan Po said in a trembling voice: "Miss Lanzhi, I, I seem to have seen someone who has died!"
The palace attendant named Lanzhi asked curiously: "What kind of dead person? That was in front of the imperial concubine! Stop talking nonsense. Fortunately, the imperial concubine was tolerant and didn't say anything. Go back quickly and don't do this next time!"
"Oh, okay."
The prince thought for a while, then his mind moved, and he ordered the guards: "Go and intercept her, don't let others see her."
That Ruan Po went out, and not long after she left, she was stopped by a guard.
She bent her knees and wanted to go around, but the guard stopped her again.
Ruan Po seemed to have thought of something, and when her hand shook, everything was knocked over.
"Sir, I, I don't know anything! Please forgive me!"
Seeing her like this, the guard became suspicious and deceived her: "Spare you? Do you know what you have committed?"
Ruan Po was so frightened that she said incoherently: "My eyes are dim, I think I saw it wrong. My dear, please spare my life, please spare my life!"
The prince walked over slowly: "What have you done to be so afraid of the imperial concubine? Who was the person who just said that he was dead?"
Ruan Po instantly understood that she had said the wrong thing, and immediately knelt down: "I was wrong, I didn't say anything. Your Highness, please forgive me!"
The prince said with a sullen face: "Why, you are afraid of the imperial concubine, but you are not afraid of me anymore?"
He winked, and the guard stepped forward to take action.
Ruan Po was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she immediately said: "I was wrong, I just, just now..."
"Tell me! Who is the dead person?"
Ruan Po replied in shock: "Yes, she is the imperial concubine!"
The prince nodded: "Okay, you will answer whatever I ask you. As long as you tell me everything you know, I will just pretend that it never happened."
"Yes, yes." Ruan Po responded repeatedly.
"Why is it said that the imperial concubine is already dead?"
Ruan Po stumbled when she answered: "Because, because the imperial concubine looks very similar to a person in the old slave's memory."
"Oh? Who is it?"
"Yes...yes..."
"Speak quickly!" The guard stepped forward with a fierce expression.
Ruan Po blurted out: "It's Princess Yongxi!" (To be continued)