Sun Xuan clasped his fists and said, "Princess wait for a moment, and your subordinates will immediately go to see His Royal Highness King Qing."

I know very well that Sun Xuan's going, with Jing Lan's style of affairs, he will not give me the opportunity to enter the palace to see the Jingyan before he finds out the purpose of my visit. Said, from this moment on, this competition has already begun.

In Yueyang Restaurant, there is a quaint qin sound, and scholars and scholars still flock together as before. I booked a private room by the window, ordered two small dishes with a pot of wine, and waited quietly.

When the sun slanted west and the sky sank, I was a little tired of waiting, and the curtain was suddenly lifted, and the eldest emperor, who was dressed in brocade and luxurious, stood in front of him, still as tall and straight as he used to be. Whether it was when he was a teenager or now, I just heard him whisper: "Xiangyi..."

I stood up with sour eyes in my eyes, "Big brother."

He seemed to be trying his best to control his emotions, and asked the two accompanying followers to step back for a while, and when he stepped into the private room, he hugged me, and said for a long time, "Where have you been in the past two years?"

Being so sincere, it's really hard to imagine that the person in front of me would do such a poisonous hand to my brother, my fingers paused in the air, and then I patted his back, "I'm not back... …”

Jing Lan slowly released her hand, "I heard from Sun Xuan that you came back because you were worried about the emperor's illness..."

I nodded and couldn't help but anxiously grabbed his sleeve: "How's your brother? What did the imperial doctor say?"

Jing Lan lowered her head, as if she had stopped talking, and then shook her head lightly, "The imperial doctor said... the emperor's illness is born with it, and he has been searching for a cure for the past twenty years, but unfortunately it has been fruitless. The cold half a year ago made the illness worse, and now... don't talk about walking around, even when you are awake, it is very difficult to even say a few words..."

I sat down and my tears couldn't help pouring out, even if I knew that Jing Lan was here to test me, but since he said that, most of the Jingyan was really at the point where the oil was running out, "I want to go to the palace to see my brother. …”

Jing Lan nodded slightly, and her voice was soft and soft: "Just now, he has taken the medicine and fell asleep. You go to the palace with me. When he wakes up tomorrow, go see him."

I looked up at him, there was no flaw in his spirit, and he was no different from the eldest brother who cared about his younger siblings when he was a child. I wiped my tears and asked him to sit down beside me, filled the table with wine, and said: "Alright, it's still early, accompany me for a couple of drinks before entering the palace."

Brother, this will be our last amicable drinking conversation.

At first, I meant to delay, so that Ming Jiansi had enough time to proceed according to the plan, but unexpectedly, Jing Lan didn't seem to be willing to return to the palace too early. The two of us chatted about the past two years. Recently, he was talking about the intrigue of the balance and restraint in the middle, and I was teasing the firewood, rice, oil and salt in the small village, just like a pair of brothers and sisters who had been separated for a long time.

We drank this wine for over an hour.

When Jing Lan asked why Song Langsheng couldn't come with me, I smiled bitterly: "Brother, you also know that he fled the military camp without being removed from the military. The emperor didn't pursue it because of my qíng points, but Those senior officials in the DPRK may not think so..."

Jing Lan nodded, "I understand. It's just that the emperor's condition is not good now. I thought that if you wanted to come back, you would be able to share the emperor's worries..."

I waved my hand and interrupted him, "I'm not a princess for a long time, so don't mention this again, eldest brother."

Jing Lan looked at me thoughtfully, "Okay."

Yueyang Restaurant's qin music has been played from Guangling to Yuqiao Q&A. When the end of the qin strings is strummed, it turns to a good night introduction. This is what I agreed with Tao Yuan at the beginning. When this piece came out, it was to me. To convey a message, Ming Jian Division completed the first move.

The sound of fireworks exploded in the silent sky, and the fireworks outside the window bloomed gracefully, with petals like rain. This is not uncommon in Beijing, but I noticed that Jing Lan's brows frowned very quickly, although it was only a momentary change, He still drank the wine in the cup calmly and put it down gently, "Originally, when I left the palace today, in addition to seeing you, I still have some important things to do, why don't you wait for me here first and wait for me? After I'm done with my business, I'll take you into the palace."

I nodded, "Big brother go to your business first, I'll just wait for you."

He smiled slightly, then got up and left immediately. I turned around and looked down from the window. Jing Lan got on his horse and hurried away with a few entourage, rushing in the direction of the palace.

At this time, the second shop assistant of the restaurant had already pulled the curtains and asked with a smile: "The master just left, does this master want to settle the bill or add a glass of wine and continue to sit for a while?" 's note on top of my palm.

I opened the note, but I saw what was written on the note: The five carriages were going in five directions as instructed. Even if King Qing sent troops to pursue him, he would not be able to confirm which carriage the emperor was on in a short period of time. King Qing came with ten followers today, and four of them remained downstairs to monitor the princess.

I returned the note to the shop assistant, he immediately swallowed the note and asked again, "Do you want to settle the bill or sit down for a while?"

I slowly got up and said, "Checkout."

The gates of the city were closed, and the whole city was filled with soldiers searching.

After I got out of Yueyang Restaurant, I got on a carriage and headed straight to the palace. The servants of King Qing in those restaurants had already been disposed of. In other words, when Jing Lan returned to Yueyang Restaurant after searching the capital , he will realize that this scam is my cao.

This is naturally a trick to turn the tiger away from the mountain.

Jing Yan was seriously ill, and there were eunuchs guarding him from time to time outside the palace. It was impossible to send him out of the palace without a leak-proof plan and enough time. Therefore, Tao Yuan rejected this proposal from the very beginning of our discussion. a proposal.

I said, "Mr. Tao, in fact, have you ever thought about it, maybe we don't have to take the emperor out of the palace, we just need to create an illusion that the emperor is missing, so that King Qing thinks that someone robbed the emperor overnight, he will definitely lead his troops to hunt him down. During this period, even if we killed Eunuch Li Jun and the few eyeliners who were loyal to King Qing, King Qing would not be able to know the news immediately, and I just need to go to the palace to see the emperor alone."

Tao Yuan frowned and pondered, "Why does the princess assert that King Qing will personally pursue him? He can completely wait for news in the palace."

I hooked my lips and said: "He has been planning all this time, what is he most looking forward to now? That is to wait for Jingyan to die. But if you see me appearing in the capital in vain, once I enter the palace, what will I see? In the end, he has to eradicate me, but he is too clear in his heart, I am far from Jingyan to deal with."

Tao Yuan finally understood what I meant, "Princess is saying, if King Qing sees the princess, he will first try to delay the princess, and if he happens to hear that the emperor was taken out of the palace, he will count the plan in the process of hunting. Killing the emperor in the middle of the day, and then blaming his crimes on others, in this way, he can justly ascend to the throne."

I said, "My eldest brother has been a thoughtful person since he was a child. The more critical the situation, the more hands-on it is."

I can't even think of it myself, I have been estranged from the court for nearly two years, and I still have the ability to make a prophecy. Jing Lan really led the troops to search the capital upside down.

When the whole palace was in a panic, I took Cheng Tiezhong's palace token, and under the disguise arranged by Ming Jiansi, I smoothly entered the palace.

At this time, no one would care about a little eunuch like me, and no one would have thought that the missing His Majesty had never left the palace.

All Jing Lan's eyeliner near the palace has disappeared, replaced by eunuchs and palace maids who are subordinate to Mingjian Division. As I approached the emperor's bedroom step by step, no one stepped forward to stop me, the time was running out, and I couldn't care too much, so I stepped into the house.

The room was silent and the candle light was dim. I slowly walked towards the dragon couch. I could vaguely see a pair of hollowed out incense balls hanging in the tent. The faint scent of the medicine lingered, but there was no one under the tent.

I paced to the side of the bed, lifted the bedding that was covering the side of the bed, moved the position of the bed, and reached out to touch the mechanism.

The stone wall that Chuáng was leaning against opened, and at the other end was a secret room that was the same height as Chuáng. There was a thick fleece blanket on top of the secret room. There was a person leaning against the wall, with his eyes closed. After hearing the movement, he opened it slowly and turned his head slightly to look at me.

The shadow of the moon swept through the window, making his elegant face even more haggard.

Of course it was my younger brother Xiao Jingyan.

This is the truth of the so-called disappearance of the emperor. The mechanism of the dragon couch was originally set up when the father was alive. In those years, his health was good and bad, and sometimes he had to review memorials and secret papers on the couch. No less, so the father emperor Suoxing built this small secret room, which was mostly used to place some things that people did not want to be seen easily. In fact, not many people know this secret. Besides me and Jing Yan, only the mother knows how to open the organ. As for the big brother... when the secret room was built, he had already been expelled from the capital, how could he have imagined that there was still a hiding place here?

There was a thin mist in Jing Yan's eyes, and he said in a barely audible voice: "Sister Huang...you're back..."

The cry of "Imperial Sister" made my heart suffocate. I opened my mouth and felt the tears rolling down. He propped up slightly and tried to move his body out. Everywhere he touched were his thin and sick bones, and the last string in his heart collapsed in an instant, "How can I lose so much weight..."

He leaned back on the bed with my support, and I cushioned him with a soft pillow, so that he could sit comfortably. He reached out and wiped my tears, "You have gained a lot of weight..."

I couldn't hold back and didn't let myself cry, "It's the emperor's fault, it's me who shouldn't have left you, it's me who didn't warn you about your elder brother's life, it's me..."

"Sister Huang," he patted the back of my hand lightly, "Jing Lan's background... Father and Emperor... I have already told me..."

He looked at my shocked god, but smiled faintly, and said weakly: "My father said, Jing Lan himself does not know the secret of his life experience. Since childhood, the person I admired most was the emperor's brother. I thought that as long as he kept this secret, he could be my good imperial brother by my side... I was confused, I forgot... The more he doesn't know his background, the more he will remember that he was the prince of the East Palace. , the more I hate that everything that belongs to him has been replaced by me..."

I looked at him blankly, "He hates you? Did the elder brother tell you these words?"

He nodded lightly, "During I was in a coma with poisoning, Jing Lan would often sit quietly beside me, sometimes for an hour, sometimes for half a day... He had countless opportunities to let me die without leaving a trace... But he didn't. , he... he said a lot to himself, he told me that he didn't want to kill me, he just wanted me to fall into a coma and sleep, but I didn't think that my body couldn't bear the poison of loose cartilage... ...but after taking this step, he can't turn back..."

"Cartilage powder... it's really cartilage powder..." I muttered, "Brother, Jing Lan... is he Fengli back then?"

Jing Yan glanced at me unexpectedly and nodded slowly, "...he said it to me himself..."

So, the cousin who was stabbed to death by Song Langsheng in Prince Rui's mansion was also Jinglan Jinchan's stand-in? Therefore, many years ago, the people who killed all the guards, chased and killed the family of Jun Jin, planned the bombing of the official ship, caused floods in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even used honey to separate me and Song Langsheng to put us in a desperate situation again and again. Lan?