The so-called emperor and courtiers, the greater the power, the more troubles.

Even if he did everything to help the prince, he might not be able to hold on to his current power.

Marriage is the most direct and safest means.

Zhao Gengnian's figure looked quite desolate against the light and shadow. He stretched out his hand to cover his forehead, and said in a hoarse voice, "How can there be a parent who doesn't take care of his children..."

After that, he couldn't say anything more.

Until I left Zhao Mansion, I was not sure whether Zhao Gengnian took what I said to heart.

In my opinion, he had to openly stand on the side of the crown prince.

Hey, he can only hope that Yanran's tears can stimulate his father's love to overflow, otherwise, until then, he will have to find another way to help Zhao Yanran escape from marriage.

I rubbed my forehead with a headache.

I don't know if it is possible for Yanran to move to the younger brother of the prince.

After comparing Nie Ran's face and Jing Yan's face in my mind, I quickly dismissed the idea.

The sky was already dark, a stunned carriage passed through the palace gate, and the palace lanterns on both sides flashed by, and Su Yue's brilliance sprinkled on the red walls and high tiles.

In a few days, it will be the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, and for many people, success or failure is all in one fell swoop.

Song Langsheng said he was sure to win, and I believed him.

I think that after Fengli is eliminated and the current crisis is lifted, it is time to leave the imperial city with Song Langsheng and let go completely.

Pulling Zhao Shoufu into our camp should be the last thing I can do for the prince.

With Zhao Gengnian here, even if Nie Guang rebelled, the crown prince would be able to deal with it.

The snow covered the courtyard of Changle Hall, I stepped on it and made a creaking noise, which attracted the people inside to hear the movement and hurried out to greet me.

"Princess, the Crown Prince is here, waiting for the princess to come back in the hall."

I just remembered that before I left, I invited the prince to come to my hall for dinner, so I ordered the meal, and then walked straight up the stairs and entered the hall.

Jing Yan was sitting on the ebony chair, and when he saw me coming in, he stepped forward, ignoring the coldness of the servants that I brought outside, took my hand and said, "Sister Huang, you are back, you have been away for so long. Jingyan is very worried, can Zhao Shoufu be in trouble for you?"

Feeling the heat of his palm, I was stunned for a moment. I subconsciously glanced at the tall case beside the wooden chair. The case was empty. Jing Yan followed my gaze and said, "What's wrong?"

"I'm just thinking, why is this maid of Changle Hall so ignorant of the rules, no one will come to serve tea when you come, come here—"

Jing Yan smiled, "Of course they have served tea, but Jing Yan thought that drinking tea in the cold weather is better than drinking, so he ordered the imperial kitchen to choose a jar of good wine to cook... …”

At this time, the palace maid came forward and said that dinner and cooking wine were ready, and asked us to move to the side hall.

"That's exactly what I said," I pursed my lips and smiled, "it happened that when I was unpacking the box in the morning, I found a set of bronze cups given to me by my father. It is a wonderful antique. Tonight, the elegance is in full swing, and the wine is paired well. If you don't get drunk, you won't go home."

"Okay! If you don't get drunk, you won't go home!"

When plates of delicious food were spread out in front of the dining table, I felt hungry all of a sudden, Jingyan moved my index finger, and said with a smile, "It's still the emperor who loves me, and I prepare everything I like to eat."

I picked up the ox ròu and chewed it with relish, "Anyway, Huangjie doesn't like ròu, so if you have ròu, it will be very good."

Jingyan moved his chopsticks and asked, "The emperor hasn't said that she will go to Zhao's house today, how is it?"

I smiled mysteriously, "Guess what?"

"Queen..."

"Zhao Yanran has compromised." I raised my glass and took a sip of the plum wine, "Zhao Shoufu... It's not particularly willing. Since the prince proposed this marriage, he can't refuse it, but the prince doesn't have to worry about it. , as long as Yan Ran is willing to marry, most of the marriage will be successful."

Jingyan was overjoyed when she heard the words, "Is what Huangjie said true?"

"When has the Queen ever lied to you?"

Jingyan drank the wine in one gulp, "Brother thanked the imperial sister here."

After three rounds of wine, the night became darker.

Jingyan was too drunk to drink, and was already slightly drunk, so he wanted to go back to rest early.

I stood up to say goodbye, but suddenly remembered something, asked him to wait for a while, turned back to the bedroom, grabbed the bronze sword on the table, turned around and handed it to him, Jing Yan returned to his senses a little, and said in surprise: "This sword... …”

I smiled and said, "This is the Autumn Water Sword given to you by the imperial elder sister. I wish you a smooth sacrifice to the heavens and ascend to the throne as soon as possible."

His eyes flashed slightly, and he nodded in thanks and said, "It's hard for Shengqing, but my brother is disrespectful."

Jing Yanfang took a few steps, my feet softened, and I almost lost my footing.

The palace maid who served beside her was shocked when she saw this, "Gong..."

"Shh—" I stretched out my finger and made a silent motion, but she was quite clever, she quickly covered her lips and supported me.

I felt as if I had been poured a bucket of cold water, my whole body was frozen, and my heart was in chaos.

From the moment I entered Changle Hall, everything became so weird.

Jing Yan was frail and sickly since he was a child, and even in the cool autumn season, he would hold a hand warmer, but on such a cold winter day, the smoker in the hall was not turned on, and he did not bring the hand warmer he used to hold, but it was hot to hold my hand. of.

Leaving that aside, the prince, who used to pour three cups of wine, actually invited me to drink. Half a jar of alcoholic wine was poured into his belly, and he could not change his face. What's even more incredible is that when I mentioned that I had no ròu dislikes. At that time, he had no doubts - no one in the palace did not know, the young only liked to eat fish, and did not like to eat ròu.

And the sword of the first emperor is the sword of Lingxiao that Jingyan has been yearning for since he was a child. generally.

I was so terrified that I could hardly breathe.

how is this possible?

How could this be!

This Crown Prince is fake.

Chapter 52

I was in great panic.

Because the real prince sleeps lightly all the year round, he will always order people to ignite rough medicines such as herbal medicine and mugwort leaves in the smoked cage when he goes to bed. Over time, his whole body exudes a medicinal fragrance; I remember the Jingyan I saw before leaving the palace in the evening. It has this familiar smell.

But the prince just now came close to me, but I couldn't smell a single scent.

No matter how absurd it is, and can't believe it, the incident of the prince being ripped off is still happening in front of us.

Less than two hours before and after.

This person pretending to be a prince can speak and act like the truth. In order not to make me suspicious, he made a special trip to the appointment to explain that he heard my conversation with Jingyan in the East Palace today; Yan observed around for a while, looking for a gap to replace it.

Then this person is very likely to be one of the eunuchs serving the prince in the East Palace.

However, this person has revealed a few flaws, and the time he stayed by the prince's side should not be long.

Thinking about it like this, how come Eunuch Cheng, who never leaves Jingyan, is nowhere to be seen today? Could it be that the mastermind behind the scenes was worried that the guild would see through it, so he had been secretly removed?

My heart is beating like thunder, and I know that the more it is this season, the more I can't mess with my hands and feet, but my hands and feet are trembling uncontrollably. , Princess, don't scare the slaves, it's cold tonight, but it won't shake into a sieve, the slaves will add some charcoal..."

"..."

I glanced at the ladies outside the house who were sneaking in from time to time, and I expected that there should be people watching me.

It is not difficult to dismantle a fake prince, but the difficulty is that the real prince is bound to be in their hands.

But don't know who sent this fake prince? What is the purpose of this move? Where is the real prince?

I know that the most urgent task is to inform Song Langsheng and Zhao Gengnian of this news. In two days, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens will take place. There is no time for long-term discussions.

Thinking of this, I put on a mink fur robe, and the maids asked suspiciously, "Your Highness, it's late at night, and the snow hasn't stopped yet. Why don't you prepare a sedan chair when you want to go out?"

"No need, His Royal Highness hurried back and took down the important things, and Ben Gong will return after going to the East Palace." I said lightly: "You don't have to follow."

Of course I didn't deceive them.

Instead of sneaking away in disguise, it is better to go to the East Palace in a grand manner. Who would doubt that Princess Xiangyi would go to the East Palace to find the crown prince? If there is no doubt, there is no need to tip off.

The East Palace is only a hundred paces away from the Changle Palace. As soon as I appeared outside the East Palace gate, the guards guarding the palace recognized it and saluted with fists, "I see the princess."

I turned my eyes slightly and asked coldly, "Why are people guarding outside tonight?"

One of the leaders of the forbidden army replied: "Princess, the Crown Prince once said that he would take a rest, and ordered everyone to patrol the outer courtyard without disturbing them."

I nodded, "The prince just had a meal with this palace in Changle Palace, and the palace brought the necessary things to himself. Since the prince is going to rest, you don't have to go to trouble to pass the news, and the palace will just go in directly. ."

The two leaders of the Imperial Army exchanged glances with each other. Anyway, it was not once or twice that I went directly to the prince without passing a message. They did not dare to obstruct them, so they hurriedly gave me a message: "Princess please."

Entering the inner courtyard from outside the east palace, all the way is unobstructed. The closer it is to the prince's palace, the fewer eunuchs and palace maids I see. I guess most of the false princes have ghosts in their hearts, so I dismissed everyone.

After passing through the corridor, from a distance, could see the lights in the house, and the silhouettes of two people were reflected on the carved windows. It was odd that the eunuch was sitting there, but the prince was standing instead. He nodded slightly, talking to the eunuch from time to time, and he had to get close to the stone wall along the window to hear what they were saying.

I looked around, although there were no people around for the time being, if I walked along the corridor, people in the house would easily notice when I turned; , but these few sunsets are snowing, the ground has already accumulated a layer of snow, and the boots are crunching when stepping on it, but anyone in the house who is not deaf can hear the footsteps.

I looked down at my boots, and after a little thought, I turned around to the north-facing back side of the bedroom, where the window was blocked by a few pines, so even if someone looked inside, they might not be able to see a figure.

I lightly stepped over the wooden railing, took off my fluffy boots and hid at the bottom of the corridor, then bent down and stepped into the snow very slowly.

The snow seeped through the socks, and it was freezing to the bone. Every step I took was accompanied by a gust of wind, but just ten steps away, I suddenly consumed most of my physical strength, and at the end I was so stiff that I started to fight, and I muttered in my heart, I don't know if there will be any root causes such as joint rheumatism in the future.

It was easy to lean against the stone wall, and just took two steps, when I vaguely heard a voice lingering: "The princess really didn't find anything?"

There was a buzzing sound in my head - this sound, it really is Fengli!

"I've been waiting by the prince's side for the past few days, and what I said to the princess was done according to the prince's orders... I don't think she noticed something wrong..." The man said, Although his voice was very similar to Jing Yan, it was much lower. He meant that he must have mixed into the East Palace and disguised himself as a eunuch, or he was a new eunuch at all.

"What does she look like?" Feng Li sneered, "Princess is best at making plans, adapting to situations of danger, and she can be calm when the big things weigh her down, so you can see what clues are there? "