Spirit of the Phoenix: 120. Life and death

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Tai'an hid in the arms of the little prince, and his heart suddenly fell to the bottom. No one answered his questions, no one paid attention to his orders, the little prince is in such a difficult situation in the palace, what can he do to reverse the situation today?

There was an embarrassing silence, and after a long time, finally a twelve or thirteen-year-old **** couldn't hold back, and knelt down tremblingly: "...back...back to His Royal Highness, General Li has an order, and the imperial decree arrives Before that, Yong Lane will be blocked and no one will be allowed to enter or leave.”

The little prince raised his eyebrows, and first waved his hand to summon the servant to himself: "You answered well, and you are also clever. There is still a shortage of servants in my East Palace, would you like to come to my East Palace to serve?"

The little **** escaped from death, plopped on his knees, almost weeping with joy.

The crown prince's east palace is better than being killed in this eternal alley at this very moment! The life of the little **** is not good. He happened to be on duty in Yongxiang tonight, and he encountered such embarrassing matters as the royal family. , need someone to rescue.

The life in the palace was in danger, and the little **** took the chestnut out of the fire, in exchange for the prince's kindness in return.

This trick of "buying horse bones with thousands of dollars" is also quite effective. The prince will ask again next time: "How many beautiful girls and palace servants are there in Yongxiang?"

As soon as the words fell, a trembling female officer stood up and answered, looking forward to the prince with hope in her eyes.

A king is a king, and a minister is a minister. Even a down-and-out monarch is nothing if he crushes a little palace man to death.

The little prince practiced the distinction between monarch and minister, but General Qianniuwei Li's face was extremely ugly. When the prince walked around him for the third time to ask the people in the palace, he finally couldn't help but stretch out his hand to stop him.

General Li leaned over and lowered his voice: "Your Highness, if you have any questions, just ask me."

"I have already passed the Bureau of Bingxi Palace, and I will be here in about half an hour. As for the Imperial Hospital, I think... there is no need for this." General Li said in a low voice, "The body was found to be stiff. Madara is full. It must be... hopeless."

The little prince sneered: "I told you to go to the imperial hospital, not to save people. There are eyeliners everywhere in the inner city. The daughter of the Qin family in Jinzhong disappeared in the palace strangely. You found someone. The first If you don’t invite an imperial physician for a while, go and invite Wuzuo to let the Jinzhong Qin family know the news, what will you think of this matter? You said that when a person dies, will his parents believe you?”

"If I remember correctly, you were born in the army. You were a close guard during Emperor Li's time. Now ten years have passed, but you are still a rank-6 general."

"The Qin family in Jinzhong, can you afford to offend them?"

"Idiot!" The little prince parted his thin lips lightly, without showing any mercy. Li Shaolin was born as a military commander, and he lacked in human relations and sophistication. At this moment, his face was blue and white, but he didn't dare to refute a word.

"Pass my will," the prince raised his head, looking at the red sun gradually rising in the east, "delay the judgment of the imperial hospital and inform the Shaoqing of Dali Temple to prepare for an autopsy. Whether it is a sudden illness or a victim, it should be given The Qin family has a saying."

"Besides," he took a deep breath, suppressing all the turbulent emotions in his heart, "I have someone inform Da Sima that the empress is weak and the prince is young, so he must come to preside over the overall situation."

You can bend and stretch, what a man. Not only can he stand upright in the midst of chaos, but he can also restrain himself and bow his head to Da Sima.

When General Li arrived at this time, he really looked at this notorious prince with admiration, and nodded respectfully.

Before General Li turned to leave, the little crown prince stopped him again, and said flatly: "General Li, if I were you, I would definitely do one thing right now."

Li Shaolin raised his head in surprise: "I hope His Highness will enlighten you."

The little prince shook his head lightly, and said: "If I were you, I would go to Qin's family to report the funeral in person at this time. The more the palace conceals and obstructs this matter, the more unnecessary speculation will be caused. Why don't you let go of the previous situation as soon as possible?" It is better to clarify the consequences than to spread rumors."

General Li smiled wryly: "I'm afraid...you will never return."

This is a strange statement. The little prince's expression froze.

I saw General Li buried his head deeply, and said vaguely with deep meaning: "Has Your Highness ever seen Qin Baolin's corpse?"

Qin Baolin's body was placed in the north wing room, which was exactly the room where the unlucky Xue Xiunv came back from the night and found the body first.

When General Li arrived, he immediately restrained the panic-stricken palace people. Except for Xue Xiunv, the other beautiful girls who slept with her were all detained in the middle of Yongxiang under the watchful eyes of everyone, under the watchful eye of powerful eunuchs and mother-in-law.

If anyone dares to pass a word to others, he will be beaten to death immediately. In this way, the possibility of a confession was completely rejected.

As for Qin Baolin, after General Li inspected the body, he put it back on the bed as it was, and waited for Wu Zuo to come for an autopsy.

Before entering the room, General Li tried to persuade him several times, and the little prince looked at him with a smile that was not a smile: "You and I are grasshoppers on the same rope, so you don't have to worry too much. I will tell my father the truth. , I will never leave the general alone at the bottom of the pit to warm up."

The monarch and his ministers looked at each other, tacitly understanding each other. The expression in General Li's eyes was difficult to distinguish, and he bowed and retreated after a long time.

Tai'an was very puzzled by this conversation.

The little prince frowned and looked at her: "Thanks to Zhongzong's deep love, if your father has a favorite concubine, he will not be able to keep your innocent and innocent temperament and live to fifteen years old."

Tai'an refused to accept, so he told her in detail: "General Li is in a difficult situation now, if you tell the truth to the father, the father will lose face and will kill him. But if you don't tell the truth to the father, you will be bullied The king's suspicion can easily lead to the father's suspicion."

"I'm different." He smiled wryly, "Even if I see Qin Baolin's body, I can still have a chance."

No one else, just because of his reputation of being mediocre and ignorant all the time.

He is the son of the emperor. He has just turned thirteen and has not yet married. There has been no young child born in the palace since him. Whether it was in the palace or before entering the palace, the little prince had never seen a pregnant woman. Even if he saw Qin Baolin's swollen belly, he only had to pretend to be innocent in front of the emperor, saying that Qin Baolin was pregnant. Tumor.

"General Li is afraid, and I will put him to death in order to save my life." The little prince sighed softly, "If I insisted that Qin Baolin had a tumor in front of my father, who would have believed that Qin Baolin was pregnant in the first place?" General Li will be killed immediately for the crime of spreading rumors."

Taian suddenly realized.

If the little prince wants to save his life, the best way is to stay out of it. General Li repeatedly prevented the prince from seeing the corpse, because he was afraid that the prince's words would not match his.

At the first meeting, Taian was deeply impressed by the frank and straightforward General Li, and asked with two points of regret: "Then what should we do now? Are you going to tell your father the truth? General Li is in this situation , how can I survive?"

The little prince shook his head lightly. Before his arrival, in order to save his life, Li Shaolin should have made up his mind to defect to the Queen and Da Sima.

If you offend the emperor, the pure minister will naturally not be able to do it again. As long as he can survive, he will not hesitate to be a traitor and serve as a minion for a tiger.

It was also because of this that when Li Shaolin first met him, he repeatedly disobeyed him, openly saying that Xuancheng would only obey the Queen's orders.

Li Shaolin is just the general of Qianniuwei, speaking of it, he is just a small sixth-rank official.

But he is the Imperial Guard after all. Guards the last gate of the inner palace.

If Li Shaolin completely fell for Da Sima and Empress Chen, the little prince's eyes were as cold as ice, and the word "forced palace" appeared in his mind unconsciously. Tai'an's eyes were clear in front of him, but the little prince seemed to see the **** incident thirty years ago through her.

So, the little prince finally came, and Li Shaolin was given another choice between the three or two moves.

"I think Li Shaolin has a sense of control, is courageous and has a strong fist, and he is indeed a rare and good talent." The little prince's tone revealed unquestionable determination: "Tai'an, I don't want to see him being killed by the emperor." Beheaded. I want to save him, I want him to be used by me."

Outside the north wing where the corpse was placed, there was no one else except the guards guarding the gate. The little prince waved back and forth, and stepped into the hall alone.

There is a row of long kangs to the north, and ten beds are slumped on the beds in a mess, showing the panic of the past everywhere.

The little prince walked towards the corpse lying on his side in the innermost. He didn't take two steps, but suddenly there was a gust of icy breeze blowing from his neck.

It was Tai'an, who came out from his collar, tightly wrapped his arms around his neck, buried his head on his shoulder, and even his voice was trembling: "...Little Prince, I...I am very scared." /

The veins on the prince's forehead were twitching wildly, and he couldn't help complaining: "...you have been dead for thirty years, and you are a ghost yourself, what are you afraid of?"

Tai'an's voice was muffled, and he hugged his hands even tighter, whispering in his ear: "...Ghosts are different from ghosts, there are good ghosts and bad ghosts. The long-tongued ghost who hanged himself... The drowning ghost who threw himself into the river..."

The prince was strangled by her, stretched his neck hard, and patted her on the back: "I don't know if you are a ghost, I only know that you are a coward!"

When she was not married, she was not very favored because of the many sisters in her family. After entering the palace, he treated his father Da Sima with great courtesy and respect, and there must be rewards every season.

For three consecutive years, Da Sima's birthday banquet was presided over by the queen and held in the palace. The little prince remembers very clearly that at last year's birthday banquet, the queen empress slowly walked down from the phoenix seat and presented the Infinite Life Sutra that she had copied by herself: "Today's family banquet, there is no queen in the palace, only a filial daughter. Adults are as blessed as the East Sea, and a hundred years of peace!"

The queen is so filial and docile, even the emperor sitting on the seat has a very low profile.

During the banquet, Da Sima felt extremely happy, and he ate happily, and couldn't help but drink a few more glasses of wine. He was already fat and afraid of heat, and he was sweating profusely after eating. Regardless of the empress' persuasion, he insisted on taking off the big clothes he was wearing outside.

By the Taiye Pool in early spring, the lanterns are hung high, and the evening wind blowing on the water brings a cool breeze. The red-faced Da Sima got drunk and was sent back to the mansion by the empress.

A few days later, news spread to the palace, saying that after the birthday party, Da Sima slept for a full day, and did not get up until the evening of the second day. But after getting up, Da Sima, who has always been in good health, had weakness in his limbs, his whole body was sore, and his elbows and knees were red and swollen as if they had been burned.

The queen empress was so anxious that she sent several imperial physicians to visit her.

The several imperial physicians have different seniority, but they came back with the same statement: "Da Sima has a wide body and a fat body, and he caught a cold after drinking and suffered from rheumatism. That's it."

The empress felt relieved, and searched all over the world for the best medicinal materials to nourish Da Sima's body.

A four-meter-long Huaitong plant was dug out in Lingnan. It was as thick as a wrist and entangled in a group like a giant python. body.

Fujian paid tribute to a three-year-old dry grass flower, covered with rusty-brown fluff, shaped like a newborn fetus. Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces also entered the palace with a hundred-year-old Shouwu, which looked like a green dragon. He sent people to the mansion of Da Sima.

Sacred medicinal materials were given in a steady stream, and the queen was extremely generous, showing pure filial piety everywhere.

The emperor, who had always been cowardly, only dared to laugh on the bright side, and repeatedly praised the empress for being polite and sensible.

But the emperor's heart was bleeding, so he yelled at the little prince in private: "If we eat a mouthful of rice, Da Sima will eat a mouthful of gold."

At that time, the prince was still a vegetarian for "cleaning the intestines and maintaining health", and he was as thin as a bamboo pole. Hearing this, he could only shake his head and smile wryly.

What can the emperor and prince do if they live under the fence? The little prince had never even seen the appearance of the tribute, and only learned of such a precious "treasure" from the words of the servants in the East Palace.

This year coincides with the 60th birthday of Da Sima, and the queen wanted to make a big fuss.

But her pregnancy was not good, and she was bedridden at the beginning of her first pregnancy, unable to manage it.

The emperor once murmured: "If only Shen Jieyu would share your worries this year..."

Before the words were finished, the queen replied with a smile that was not a smile: "Sister Shen has such a heart, I can't be more pleased. Wait for the concubine to write a handwritten letter to inform my father, this year's birthday banquet will be held by the king and the king of Shen." Let the younger sister preside over the concubine."

When the emperor heard the words, he immediately gave up, waved his hand, and never dared to mention Shen's name again.

While the empress is pregnant and frail, let a low-ranking concubine host the birthday banquet for Da Sima?

The emperor was afraid that after Da Sima found out, he would immediately go into the palace and throw him a big ear. The emperor loves beauties, but he cherishes his own life even more. He was just soft-hearted, he heard Shen's suggestion that he wanted to share the queen's harem assistant power, but when he heard that the queen was going to bring this matter to Da Sima, he immediately became a puddle of water.

But now that the birthday banquet is held in Da Sima's mansion, the emperor really made trouble.

Let him go out of the palace and visit Da Sima's mansion to pay his respects to his birthday. But it doesn't seem serious enough to ask the chief servant to give something...

The queen thought of a way to rescue the emperor: "...As the crown prince, Rui'er can also go to pay his respects in person to show the emperor's great kindness."

The emperor was silent. After hesitating for a while, he finally nodded and said, "Okay."

After coming out of Hanzhang Hall, the little prince hurried all the way back to the East Palace, Sha Yuan trotted behind him, barely keeping up with his fast pace.

After returning to the East Palace, the little prince went straight into the hall and slammed the door shut with a bang. Sha Yuan knew the opportunity, guarded a few meters before the gate of the hall and raised his voice, saying: "The prince has ordered that no one is allowed to enter the hall."

In the Changxin Hall, the little prince with the door closed was ashen-faced, and after heaving a sigh of relief, he tore off the ribboned robes on his body, and threw them on the ground mercilessly.

"What's the matter with you?" He was furious, with a bunch of little red marks on his neck, and he complained to Tai'an.

Tai'an was thrown down along with his coat, and he stood firmly on the ground. At this time, the anger between his eyebrows was no less than his: "What's the matter with you? I keep telling you, I can't agree Queen, you must not promise the queen! Why don't you listen?"

"I think that queen is very concerned about face! She wants to win the reputation of being virtuous and virtuous, so you will follow the wind. You just said that you are too young to be useful, and you dodge your leg injury, and she cares about yourself. Gentle and loving mother How can I force you because of your reputation?" Tai'an was anxious, and blurted out a series of reasons.

Queen Chuchu asked the prince, she hid in her arms and kept giving him winks, even thinking of reasons for him, wishing she could teach him to say it word by word. Unexpectedly, he didn't appreciate it at all, and responded to the queen without any hesitation.

"Little prince, don't be stupid!" She jumped on the table, looking at him with anxious eyes, "Face is more important than life? You are still in hiding, and you must not face Da Sima head-on , it’s better to hide in the East Palace. Now there are people in our East Palace, even if she wants to move you, she has to weigh it. If you go to the Da Sima’s mansion, you will be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger! Make another coercion/rape Like, how do you still live?"

Tai'an said, is there anything wrong?

But the little prince sneered a few times and called her: "Childish!"

She kept buzzing in his ear all the way, seeing that he ignored him, she jumped up and down anxiously and pinched him, like an annoying little monkey!

What does she think of him? Two idiots? How could he not understand such a simple truth?

The little prince touched a small red mark on his neck, so angry that he wanted to tear Tai'an into small pieces.

"It's hard to be a stepmother, not to mention that the Chen family has a feud with me for killing my mother. When my father first came to the throne, he was also wary of the queen. But in just a few years, my father has completely assured the queen, saying There is a lot of maintenance between them, do you know why?" The little prince calmed down, and finally explained patiently to Tai'an.