The Prince's chariot drove away quickly, accompanied by more than 3,000 people with extraordinary momentum, they rushed to the gate of the city in a short while.

There were many people who came to welcome them. Relatives, friends and officials were in the front, and the common people were in the back. Half of the Inner Pavilion came.

Yan Xi came out of the carriage, Wei Chifeng held up an umbrella to cover the snow, and the Crown Prince surrounded by white fur had a beautiful face, standing in the snow seemed to blend into the heaven and the earth.

Yan Xi saw Jingdu who had been away for half a year, went around, and the first person he looked for was Yan Ling'er.

He saw it, and opened his arms.

Yan Ling'er started to wipe away tears when he went out, and the fifteen-year-old girl ran over quickly stepping on the snow with her skirt up.

"Brother Huang!" Yan Ling'er threw herself into Yan Xi's arms.

Yan Xi let out a muffled snort, being bumped into his left arm by Yan Ling'er, he squeezed his lips and endured it, looked at Yan Ling'er seriously for a long time, gently patted the snow on Yan Ling'er's cloak with his uninjured right hand,Said: "Ling'er has grown up."

"Brother Huang has lost weight." Yan Ling'er lay in her elder brother's arms, tears welling up in her eyes, "I heard that Brother Huang was ill twice, Linger is very worried."

"It's all right now." Yan Xi lightly scratched Yan Ling'er's nose, "Brother Huang has been away from the capital for half a year, and he neglected you. In the blink of an eye, Ling'er is so tall."

Yan Ling'er broke into tears and laughed: "Brother Huang, I have learned a lot in the past six months. I can archery and ride a horse. I am now handling the affairs in the harem. Linger is much more sensible and capable now."

"Very good." Yan Xi smiled gratifiedly, "Brother, I will check your schoolwork and affairs in the near future."

"Okay!" Yan Ling'er was full of confidence, "Brother Huang will be pleasantly surprised after seeing Linger's homework. Linger also wants to be the number one in the exam like Brother Huang!"

There are still many people waiting, Yan Xi smiled lightly and took Yan Ling'er's hand, led his sister to the crowd and said: "The emperor is looking forward to that day. Ling'er's letter, I have read it for my brother, the narrative writingEverything has improved a lot, and I think you must have improved a lot in other aspects. I am very happy for my brother."

"It was all taught by Sister Nanyan." Yan Ling'er mentioned Chunyu Nanyan in a timely manner, her face flushed slightly, and she whispered, "I learned a lot from Sister Nanyan."

"Then I should thank her very much, brother." Yan Xi looked at Chunyu Nanyan who was standing at the front of the line, nodded in greeting from a distance, and led Yan Ling'er to the front of the crowd.

Yan Xi was a little embarrassed because two special people came, Song Xinghe and Han Linyan.

After Song Xinghe recovered from his injury, he injured his hand and never left the Beiyuan Palace. This time, he specially brought his wife to welcome Yan Xi.Song Xinghe was much thinner than before, his hands were unnaturally hanging by his sides, it seemed that he really couldn't hold a knife anymore.

Yan Xi helped them up first, then Song Xinghe and Han Linyan saluted again: "Welcome Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"Hou Ye, princess..." Yan Xi blushed slightly from the other party's sincere gaze, and changed his words, "How are the second elder brother and the second sister-in-law?"

Song Xinghe and Han Linyan both laughed, and Song Xinghe said: "It's all good, Your Highness is going back to the capital. If you have time, you can stay at the Wangfu. The main courtyard is reserved for you and Ah Ming."

Yan Xi nodded, her ears were burning hot, and she replied softly, "Okay."

Song Xinghe and Han Linyan smiled gently. There were still people kneeling on the floor, so they retreated to the crowd first, so they could not say more.

Kneeling next to them was Shang Baiheng, and Yan Xi helped the teacher up.

Yan Xi stared at Shang Baiheng, made a salutation to Shang Baiheng, and shouted: "Teacher, the student is back."

After half a year, when we saw each other again, those days and nights studying with Shang Baiheng seemed to have never been interrupted.The teachers and students looked at each other and smiled.

It's just that Shang Baiheng's hair was much whiter than when Yan Xi left, and the official hat could not cover up the silvery white temples, which made Yan Xi's eyes glaring. He thought that Shang Baiheng was only twenty-nine years old, and he was almost going to be completely white.

Yan Xi's throat was a little choked.

Shang Baiheng accepted Yan Xi's salute calmly, but his hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched into fists. He could tell at a glance that Yan Xi had lost weight, and he had just noticed that Yan Xi was bumped by Yan Ling'er to endure the painlook.

Shang Baiheng closed his eyes forcefully, lifted his robe and knelt down, leading the crowd to worship: "I respectfully welcome the crown prince back to the capital!"

The mountain shouted again.

Enduring.

After Yan Xi entered the city, he first went to worship the heavens and ancestors, and then went straight to the Han Mansion.

He unbuttoned his white fur cloak, and inside he was wearing a pure white filial piety.

The mistress of the Han family—Han Linmo's wife, Fang Shi, had already received the letter from Yan Xi. She knelt in front of the ancestral hall with her young son in her arms, and cried bitterly when she saw the prince's thin filial piety.

"Master, master." Yan Xi murmured softly, heartbroken that his two martial arts masters were gone.

On the way to the Han Mansion, Yan Xi suppressed tears, rolled down the tears when he entered the gate of the Han Mansion, plopped down on his knees in front of the spirit tablet, couldn't kneel for a long time, and wept bitterly.

The clansmen of the Han family cried along with them.

The prince knelt down in the Han mansion for a day as the crown prince.

Shang Baiheng stood outside the ancestral hall for a day.

That night, Yan Xi got up and drove back to the East Palace.

The East Palace and the Inner Palace are only separated by a tunnel, the Palace of Heavenly Purity is less than a hundred feet away from the East Palace, and the squares outside the palace gates on both sides are only separated by the Jingyun Gate.

Emperor Tianxi, who had been urging Yan Xi to return to the capital, was not in a hurry to summon Yanxi, and only sent Ming Zhong and Ying Zhu.

Shang Baiheng stood at the gate of the East Palace, as if he was waiting for them.The three of them often met each other, Jianzhang exchanged a few words, Ming Zhong and Ying Zhu lowered their heads and wanted to go in.

Shang Baiheng turned around and called them back: "Eunuch Ming and Eunuch Ying, Your Highness is exhausted, and big things are not in a hurry, so be careful when you speak."

Ming Zhong and Ying Zhu stopped walking.

Ming Zhong raised his head and hesitated to speak, while Ying Zhu kept pressing his head.

Seeing their expressions, Shang Baiheng understood in his heart that this matter cannot be dismissed.He darkened his face and said darkly: "They are all people who handle affairs, and you can't be the masters."

Ming Zhong sighed, Ying Zhu sucked her nose vigorously, and her tears fell silently into the snow.

Shang Baiheng stood guard outside the main hall of the East Palace.

Hearing the shattering sound of the glass inside, he clenched his hands tightly and looked at the first snow in Jingdu.

The snow on the ground of the East Palace was swept away by the palace staff in time, and a thin layer was spread in an instant.

It has not been such a heavy snowfall in Jingdu for a long time.

The main hall of the East Palace is brightly lit, and the earth dragon is warm.

Yan Xi sat behind the desk, his face was beautifully illuminated by the night light, but after hearing Ming Zhong's words, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his hands and feet were cold.He was nourished by Song Beiming so rosy that his face lost all color in an instant, and he got up from his seat in a hurry.

He seemed to lose his breath for a moment, he stood stiffly, his lips moved, his heart seemed to be hit hard, the pain made him speechless.

After a long while, he took a deep breath before recovering his voice: "Is it father who connived Mrs. Jiang to kill my mother?!"

Ming Zhong bowed down and couldn't bear to say any more.

Ying Zhu came here and couldn't say a word, but he knew that he was still the accomplice who stabbed Yan Xi in the heart. He fell on the ground and wet the red carpet.

When he thought of Tang Yaoxue, his heart was even more painful, and he cried and trembled.

"Why did you tell me at this time?" Yan Xi stared at the kneeling two with a condensed expression, and suddenly thought of something, his eyes became aggressive, "Father sent you here? Father is not afraid of me knowing, is he?"

"Yes." Ming Zhong felt that he was very cruel.

Shocked and angry, Yan Xi stood there dumbfounded, unable to utter a sound for a long time.

Ying Zhu felt that something was wrong and looked up worriedly.

Facing Yan Xi's reddened eyes, the eyes are setting off a stormy sea, as if trying to devour something.

Ying Zhu had served Yan Xi for many years, and she was close to Yanxi, and knew Yan Xi fairly well. He had never seen Yan Xi like this.

Ying Zhu was terrified in her heart, trembling all over, thinking that something was wrong, she burst into tears, rushed over, grabbed Yan Xi's clothes and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, calm down! Your Highness, calm down!"

"Using someone else's hands to kill my mother is tantamount to the main criminal!" Yan Xi turned around and pulled the hem of the clothes from Ying Zhu's hand.His face was covered with dark clouds, his eyes became red, and he pulled out the "Frost" hanging on the wall like a flash, and left the main hall in a blink of an eye.

Shang Baiheng was waiting outside the door.

He had a rough idea of Yan Xi's anger in the hall.

The lamp bearer has been investigating the cause of Tang Yaoxue's death, and Zhou Ci also gave him a thorough explanation intermittently.Shang Baiheng is extremely clever, and now that several news are twisted together, his guess is already close to the truth.

"Little rain." Shang Baiheng stopped Yan Xi. He had never seen Yan Xi's red eyes, but the students he taught personally, he could tell that Yan Xi was going crazy just from Yan Xi's face.On the edge, he stared at Yan Xi vigorously and said, "Calm down, hold your breath, and restrain yourself."

Yan Xi heard the teacher's familiar voice, he stopped in his tracks, seemed to have calmed down, and stared fixedly at Shang Baiheng.

Shang Baiheng grabbed Yan Xi's sleeve and deliberately slowed down his speech: "'Things are smooth when things are slow, people are safe when people are slow, and words are expensive if you speak late', light rain, success is in sight, don't be impulsive."

Yan Xi lowered her head and stood in the snow.

Snowflakes fell on his black hair and thin shoulders. He lost a lot of weight. After taking off his white fur, he stood in the wind and snow, so fragile that people couldn't bear to look at him.

Yan Xi's eyes stopped on Shang Baiheng, he saw Shang Baiheng took off his official hat, his half white hair made him feel glaring.He has always listened to Shang Baiheng's words, and he also knows that Shang Baiheng is always right. He knows that he is being pushed by "Rong" now, so he tells himself to calm down.

Yan Xi's hand holding the knife was painfully clenched, and the smell of blood rushed to his throat amidst the surging of Qi and blood, and he swallowed it forcefully.

He only wore two layers of thin shirts and didn't feel cold in the ice and snow, as if he suddenly didn't know where he was.When I used 'rong', I said 'give me, or give me death', and I also said, 'I will never live under the knife of others'. It took me five years to make myself a 'person with a knife', but nowI am still not free. I have exhausted all my energy and energy, why do I still have to restrain myself today? I am a person who hides a tiger, and I have endured so far, just for that position. I could wait, but hatred makes me suffer.I don't want to wait any longer."

"Wei Yu——" Shang Baiheng noticed Yan Xi's abnormality, and called Zhou Ci and Mr. Xiao Xia loudly, his face turned pale with shock, and he tried to persuade, "Wei Yu, don't worry, my teacher will help you,Don't worry, at this moment—”

"Teacher, stop talking." Yan Xi forcibly suppressed the surge of energy and blood, and he was also trying to calm himself down. The confrontation between rationality and impulsiveness made his body hot and cold, which made him look dazed, with red eyesIt actually has a bit of innocent meaning.It was contradictory, yet eerily appropriate to his broken temperament.He didn't know where to place his gaze, following a snowflake, he finally forced himself to look at Shang Baiheng, and said sadly, "As a son of man, if I can endure this, I will be a son of man in vain.Here, the body, flesh and blood, and plans are all given by my mother. It is only natural for me to avenge her, and it is imperative. Teacher, if my life is full of pain and patience, then this life is too unfair. I don’t want to be patient.gone."

Shang Baiheng was taken aback by Yan Xi's crazy and evil expression, he was afraid of irritating Yan Xi, so he called him in a low voice: "Liu Yu."

"I thought the knife was already in my hand, but now, he can still easily control my joys and sorrows, and even take my life with a single thought. He didn't hesitate to let me know the truth, just waiting for me to find him. I and himYou know how I endured it for five years. Five years ago, you said, "Your Highness asks, and I will fulfill my teacher's death." If you are still the businessman of the past, don't stop the students."

"As a teacher..." Shang Baiheng's heart surged wildly, and even he was choked up with so much perseverance.

He loves Yan Xi so much, of course he knows Yan Xi's sufferings, Yan Xi's experiences and struggles, he was with him during the five years."Rong" was given to his students by himself, and it became an eternal pain in his heart. He emphasized over and over again that he was Yanxi's teacher, but in fact he just avoided the important ones. It was "Rong" that really made him unable to face Yanxi.In order to succeed, he made an oath with Yanxi at any cost, and he is no longer qualified to enjoy Yanxi's beauty.

Shang Baiheng didn't know that he would have a day of regret.

He is sober, he doesn't care about life and death, and he can pay for everything.

But there is a kind of pain that is more serious than the choice of life and death. At this moment, he suddenly couldn't face Yan Xi's gaze., he made up his mind, and said: "I will send you off as a teacher. If there is a teacher, you will not be infamous. Xiao Yu, go, do what you want to do."

Yan Xi mentioned Liushuang and stepped into the wind and snow.

Zhou Ci and Mr. Xiao Xia live in the backyard and have already arrived.

They don't know the inside story of the chaos here, but they are doctors and they only care about Yan Xi's body.

Seeing Yan Xi's face and eyes, Mr. Xiao Xia immediately said, "No, Rong is about to lose control."

Zhou Ci seemed to be a different person in the past five years. He didn't persuade Yan Xi at all. He was in a hurry to go out and only wore clogs. It was slippery and cold in the snow, and he staggered a step., rushed over to grab Yanxi, handed over a red jade bead, and said, "Your Highness, take a blood pill from the third master."

A snowflake slowly fell on Yan Xi's eyelashes, Yan Xi blinked lightly, but he couldn't blink, the cold feeling gave him a little calmness, he tilted his head and asked: "Third Master?"

"Song Beiming's blood pill!" Zhou Ci burst into tears, "His Royal Highness, think about Song Beiming! Before he left, he repeatedly asked me to supervise you to take one pill every three days. After you eat up this box of blood pills, Song Beiming will come backYou are reunited with!"

Because of Yanxi's left hand injury, the bracelet was changed to her right hand.The sleeves of the uniform were too short, and the cuffs could not cover his red jade bracelet, which was the only bright color on his body. The blood-like jade beads were shockingly red in the snow. Yan Xi raised his hand to caress the bracelet, and suddenly settled down.down.

Song Beiming also advised him not to kill his father.

He held the knife in his right hand, and put the bright jade beads to the bottom. Yan Xi smelled it, and the restlessness in his body was soothed.

"Rong" has an instinctive desire for "Ku".

want to eat.

But he still can't use the fingers of his left hand flexibly.

Zhou Ci hurriedly took one out of the box, and pinched the outer jade bead shell for him.

With fingers of Yan Xi's left hand, she pinched the blood pill lying in the bead shell with inflexibility, and put it in her mouth.

The rich taste of "Rong" melted in his mouth, and rushed into his limbs like a spiritual consciousness.

There is also the familiar and warm smell of "Song Beiming" in it.

Yan Xi misses Song Beiming very much for a moment.

He thought, if Song Beiming was here, he would not try to persuade him at this time, but would definitely go to kill with him with a knife.

"Ku" was exerting its medicinal effects responsibly, and the blood pills made by Song Beiming himself were solid, Yan Xi swallowed it, and soon felt his heartbeat slow down.

But he still hates it.

The vengeance of killing one's mother cannot be spent overnight.

He couldn't live in the same palace with Emperor Tianxi in peace.

Yan Xi descended the steps and stepped into the snow.

Shang Baiheng and Zhou Ci followed silently in silence.

When Zi Yuan heard the movement, she jumped down from the eaves, sheathed her long sword, and let out a cold light.

Wei Chifeng also pulled out his knife.

The two of them are close guards, it doesn't make sense for the master to draw his sword, and they still protect themselves wisely.

Wei Chifeng felt great pride, he never imagined that one day he would be able to make a knife in the palace.

Rare.

Seeing such a dignified scene, Mr. Xia Xiao knew that what happened tonight involved the father and son of the Tian family. Their Xia family had a family motto of "don't ask about the government", so he went against everyone else and retreated.

When Yan Xi left the East Palace, the secret guards of Prince An's Mansion followed without a trace.

Palace of Heavenly Purity Plaza and East Palace Plaza are only separated by Jingyun Gate.

The emperor was heavily guarded, and the hidden guards of the palace discovered the abnormality in the East Palace immediately.

The emperor's dark guards rushed over and blocked people with swords in front of Jing Yun's gate.

Sure enough, the hidden guards of Prince An's Mansion raised their swords and blocked them. The hidden guards on both sides refused to give in to each other, and the swords froze together.

A thousand brocade guards who followed Yan Xi guarded the outer edge of the East Palace. Seeing the crown prince going out with a saber in hand, the brocade guards followed with the saber in hand.

Emperor Tianxi's Jinyiwei reacted quickly, the Xiuchun sword was out of its sheath, the two swords met each other, and they were all stunned when they found out that they were brothers from the same sect.

Shao Ting had already obtained Emperor Tianxi's will and guarded Jingyun Gate.Looking at the situation, he thought of Emperor Tianxi's "Let him come". He really didn't understand the father and son, so he sighed and said, "All Jin Yiwei put away their knives, Jin Yiwei doesn't care about tonight's affairs."

Following Shao Ting's Jin Yiwei put the Xiuchun knife into its sheath.

The sword of Yan Xi's Jinyiwei was still shining brightly.

Shao Ting's face darkened and said: "I am the commander of Jin Yiwei, have you been ordered not to move?"

Yan Xi's Jin Yiwei was indifferent.

These thousand brocade guards have been with the crown prince for half a year, and have already become Yan Xi's diehard loyalists.

Yan Xi frowned in the wind and snow and said, "Very good, very obedient."

Then he waved his hand lightly.

One thousand royal guards put away their knives neatly.

Shao Ting was in a cold sweat watching it. His Highness the Crown Prince looked weak, but in fact he was terribly decisive in killing and attacking, and he was also used to buying people's hearts.

The dark guards and brocade guards sent out by Emperor Tianxi now only obey the orders of Yan Xi, and more than half of Emperor Tianxi's Inner Pavilion and Baiguan are now princelings.

Shao Ting was holding the Xiuchun knife in the wind and snow, his hands were sweating, he got out of the way.This was the weirdest scene he had encountered in his life. Jin Yiwei's brother did not recognize his brother, and father and son had to fight each other in the palace.

Ming Zhong was very experienced, and when he came, he ordered that all the palace people on the road be cleared, so that this scene would not be watched by anyone with a broken mouth.

And Jin Yiwei is the sword of the emperor, and they have a high degree of discipline in this kind of bloody and life-threatening matters, and their mouths are their ability to settle down.

Yan Xi walked through Jingyun Gate, Nuoda's Qianqingmen Square was empty, and the sound of falling snow made the palace dead silent.

The Huaxian palace lanterns swayed in the wind and snow, and His Royal Highness walked in the snow in plain clothes and white boots, as if blending into the snow.

He walked into the Palace of Heavenly Purity, no one stopped him, and the palace people greeted him loudly: "See Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Yan Xi stepped across the Qianqing Gate and stepped onto the white marble avenue in front of the Son of Heaven Gate.

The snow here has probably been swept by people all the time, and it is clean, leaving thin footprints after Yan Xi walked over.

The palace people had already obtained the order from Emperor Tianxi, and quietly retreated at the place Yan Xi passed by.

Zi Yuan and Wei Chifeng still followed, when Yan Xi pushed open the door of the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Yan Xi waved her hand, Zi Yuan and Wei Chifeng stood by the door.

At the same time, separated from the Palace of Heavenly Purity, in the Hongde Palace surrounded by a high wall, two people suddenly woke up.

"See Your Highness the Crown Prince?" Yan Zhen sat up from the bed, lifted the shabby bed curtain and asked, "Is Yan Xi returning to court outside?"

Qingxi got up from the cubicle sickly. He was so sick that he finally fell asleep. When Yan Zhen woke him up, he was furious and scolded loudly: "Why are you barking in the middle of the night! Do you think you are still the eldest princess?"No matter how loud you are, you won’t be allowed to eat tomorrow’s meal!”

But Yan Zhen jumped out of bed like crazy, he didn't wear clean socks, and he didn't care about wearing shoes, he rushed to the door of the palace and looked out: "I heard that right, it's Yan Xi who is back! Hahaha, it's Yan Xi who is backIt's over! Yan Nan is at an end!"

Qingxi heard him call the Holy One by his name directly, thinking that this place is too close to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, she was so frightened that she wanted to cover Yanzhen's mouth.

But Yanzhen pushed Qingxi to the ground with a flick of his hand.

"Go away, I am the first emperor's son." After hearing Yan Xi's arrival, Yan Zhen peeled off the soft skin that had been peaceful for a long time.He approached Qingxi, and said with a ferocious face, "Yan Xi will return to court, Yan Nan will not live long. I still have a chance to go out! If I win this round, the first one to kill will be you, a dog slave!""

Qingxi originally wanted to scold again, but Yanzhen was too scary at this time, the dignity and arrogance in his bones made him dare not approach, and he was unable to speak for a while.

There is a third person in Hongde Hall.

Qingxi was seriously ill and was bedridden two months ago, and couldn't do it alone, so Ming Zhong sent a little maid in to do chores.

The little maid's name is Ruyi, and she has been in the palace for many years and is still a low-level court lady.

She entered the palace since she was a child, because of her obstinate temper, she didn't like to flatter her, and she had no one to take care of her, so she was always bullied by the palace people.

She has been doing the hardest and most tiring work. Two months ago, she was accidentally hit by a heavy object and her head was bleeding.

Seeing the blood all over the floor, the palace people thought that she was bound to die, so they sent her to the An Le Tang casually.

In An Le Tang, although it is said that the palace people see a doctor, they don't send money to take care of it. If they live in it, they will suffer in vain and wait for the day.

But Ruyi's fate was so hard that she entered An Le Tang and took the worst medicine, but she survived abruptly.

The medicine boys and medical students in An Le Tang all said that she was very lucky, and this matter was miraculous, and within a few days it was known to everyone in the palace, and Ming Zhong heard about it.

It just so happened that Qingxi was seriously ill in Hongde Palace, so Ming Zhong sent this little court lady who had no power, no power, no friends and hard life into Hongde Palace to do chores.

Ruyi's status is low, and she has never seen anyone with a reputation in the palace, but when she saw the eldest princess for the first time, she seemed to recognize her, and hesitated for a long time.

Yan Zhen used to be in charge of most of the palace affairs, she only thought that the little maid probably met him on some occasion, and didn't take it to heart.

Ruyi didn't say anything, and just kept working in the Hongde Palace.

Ruyi has always wanted to send news outside, but because Hongde Palace is isolated from the world, she has been here for nearly two months, but she has never seen anyone outside.

At this time, she heard the sound of prostration, she suddenly stopped what she was doing, knelt out of the ear room, stepped into the snow, with tears in her eyes, she said very softly: "Yan Xi has returned to the capital?"