Abandoned prince's favorite

Chapter 54

The flames were soaring into the sky, and thick smoke almost covered the sky over the entire capital, covering the clouds and avoiding the moon.

Xie Chengan rushed all the way back to the capital, and as soon as he entered the city, he smelled a strong smell of blood. The previously prosperous streets were already in chaos, and there were countless corpses lying on the ground.

He frowned, and whispered: "Go back to the palace."

The farther he went towards the palace, the louder the sound of the beating and killing became. As soon as Xie Chengan arrived at Chengtian Gate, he saw the Ninth Prince running towards him waving his hands.

"Brother Prince, you are back. They all say you are dead. Cheng Xian is very sad..."

With red eyes, he ran to Cheng Peng's side again, staring at the man on horseback with his head raised.

Cheng Peng was a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, he hurriedly took out a bamboo grasshopper from his arms and handed it to him, the Ninth Prince happily put it away, and returned to Xie Chengan's side.

"Brother Prince, Concubine Duangui is bad. She locked her father in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and didn't let Cheng Xian go in. And the third brother is also very bad. They all said that the third brother is going to kill the king and seize the throne. Brother prince, You must save the father, if the father dies, Chengxian will not have the father."

His eyes were full of tears, his face was covered with stains, he grabbed Xie Chengan's sleeve like a little cat.

Xie Chengan patted his head, "You didn't stay in the palace well, why did you come outside?"

"The empress came to me and asked me to see my father. They wouldn't let me in, so I sat outside and cried. Later, the empress Duan Guifei took me in. I saw my father, and then I talked to my father before me. The emperor found a secret letter and a soldier talisman in the hole in the tree where the emperor played hide-and-seek, so the empress asked someone to send me out of the dog hole to go to the palace to find rescue soldiers."

Xie Chengan felt relieved, after all Jiang is still old and spicy, Emperor Qianyuan really kept his back.

Wei Zhong, the commander of the Wei'an Army, saw Xie Cheng'an from a distance, and hurried over to salute.He is about 27 or [-] years old, with a strong physique, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he walks with an iron-blooded majesty on the battlefield.

"At present, the emperor is in their hands, whether to break into the palace or wait for the opportunity, I ask His Highness to make up his mind."

In the early years of the Northwest Rebellion, Xie Chengan went with him to the Northwest to suppress the rebellion, so the two of them had some friendship.

"Conspiracy is a capital crime. Immediately order to forcefully enter the palace to save the father. In addition, people shouted that those who put down their weapons and surrender can forget the past. If there are stubborn ones, those who intend to resist will be killed."

Wei Zhong took the order and left.

He Yuanqing escorted the Ninth Prince all the way to the station of the Wei'an Army closest to the capital to call for reinforcements. The journey was exhausting, and he did not dare to stop for a moment. He was already exhausted. His gaze stayed on Wei Zhong's broad back for a moment, and he asked anxiously. road.

"Your Highness, Yu Feng..."

He hurriedly changed his words, "Where is Eunuch Yu?"

Xie Chengan paused, "Don't worry, he is safe now, I will bring him back after this matter is over." After speaking, he ordered a group of people to protect the Ninth Prince, "Leave the rest to me That's all right, you take Lao Jiu to find a place to rest for a while."

The loud crashing sound from outside spread into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The third prince turned pale with fright, he pulled Concubine Duangui's sleeve, "Mother Concubine, what should we do now? Conspiracy is a capital crime, if Wei Zhong brings someone into the palace, we will definitely die."

Duan Guifei snorted coldly.

"A man should be fearless in the face of danger. Look at your virtue. There is no majesty of a superior. The palace is now full of our people. If you really start fighting, the guards may not be able to hit the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Besides, your father is still in our hands, and they would not really dare to break in if they think about it."

As soon as the words fell, there was a shout from outside.

"Listen, all of you. Those who put down their weapons and surrender can forget the past. If they are stubborn and help the tyrants, they will kill without forgiveness and punish the nine clans. Those who kill kings and fathers are against the laws of heaven and ethics, and must be punished by heaven. His Royal Highness the Second Prince has returned now. , Abandoning darkness and turning to light is the right way.”

……

Shouts came from all directions.

The third prince fell to the ground in fright, and he murmured to himself in a panic, "Isn't he dead? How could he come back? Liar, are those people cheating? My people saw him fall into the Huai River with their own eyes. It's impossible..."

Concubine Duan looked at her frightened son, feeling powerless in her heart.

The sound of footsteps outside seemed to be getting closer, and the light of the torches flickered.

Concubine Duan knew that the situation was over, so she ordered her left and right: "You all change into the eunuch's clothes, and then take the third prince out of the palace through the secret passage. The farther you escape, the better. If you don't have the right time, don't come back forever."

The third prince pulled Concubine Duan by her sleeve, raised his face and asked her, "Mother Concubine, what about you? You can go with Erchen, let's find a quiet place later, Erchen will respect you well."

Concubine Duan pulled his hand away.

"Useless things, a man of seven feet and seven feet has no decision at all." Then he scolded the left and right: "What are you still doing, knocking people out, and taking them out immediately."

The third prince was about to say anything more, but he was knocked out, and then he was framed out.

Concubine Duan adjusted her clothes and walked slowly into the inner room.

Emperor Qianyuan leaned against the bed, staring at the flickering lights outside, "My concubine, I ask myself that I treat you well, why do you treat me like this?"

Concubine Duan sneered.

"Everyone says that this imperial palace is the best place in the world, but who knows that once a woman enters the palace, there will only be a small piece of sky in this square, and only a man like you, the emperor. With no prominent family background, how does the emperor know how difficult it is to survive in this harem, and how does he know how much painstaking efforts the concubine has put in to get to this point."

Concubine Duan looked at her slender and white hands.

"Chenqie's hands have saved countless people before, but after entering the palace, they were covered with blood. Every time when I dreamed back at midnight, Chenqie would think that I was not sent to the palace at the beginning, and I was only a medical girl for the rest of my life. How wonderful that would be, but fate tricks people, and the concubine has entered the palace. Since this is the case, the concubine will desperately climb up to the position that everyone looks up to, and climb to the top of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. He is the emperor's son, why can Xie Cheng'an inherit the great rule, and the empress can easily become the respected empress dowager. The concubine is not reconciled, is it wrong for the concubine to do so?"

Only in this way can she be worthy of the suffering she has suffered, and only in this way can she survive in this square world.

Emperor Qianyuan lowered his eyes.

"The third child is your own son after all. You let him bear the notoriety of killing the king and killing his father. You are forcing him to die. As a mother, don't you feel any guilt at all?"

Concubine Duan raised her head and laughed, shedding tears as she smiled.

She went to the table, took the candle, and lit the curtain.

"Why should I feel guilty? If I really want to count, then who will feel guilty for my whole life? Your Majesty? Oh, no, you are the emperor, you are the son of heaven, how could you be wrong."

When the guards rushed into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Hall of Mental Cultivation was already on fire.

Wei Zhong reached out his hand to stop Xie Chengan who was about to rush in, "Your Highness, the fire is already strong, if you go in now..."

"Wei Zhong, you and I work together. You should know my nature. He is both a king and a father. I don't have to enter the palace for the emperor and his ministers. For the sake of father and son, I must go in."

The fire illuminated half of the palace, and the flames twisted wantonly in the dark night.

Wei Zhong let go of his hand.

"This subordinate will go in with you to save people."

……

The hidden guard couldn't stop Yu Fengbao's pressing questions, and after hesitating again and again, he still told the location.

The Palace of the Three Princes.

Yu Fengbao was stunned for a long time at that time, the current situation in Beijing was too chaotic, he didn't want to add trouble to Xie Chengan, and he didn't want to put himself in a dangerous situation, which would endanger Xie Chengan, but when he thought of the uncertainty of the life and death of his fourth sister, his heart ached again.

If it was the rest of the Yu family, he could pretend not to know, but he really couldn't be cruel to the fourth sister.

He knew that if he didn't save people this time, he would regret it for the rest of his life.

The soaring fire dragon at the other end of the capital strengthened Yu Fengbao's confidence.

The few people Cheng Peng left for him were all experts in the hidden guards, and coupled with the chaotic situation, the Third Prince would be busy dealing with Xie Chengan and the others. I think the current time for the Third Prince's mansion is when the guards are most relaxed.

Now that he had made up his mind, he rode his horse straight to the capital without stopping.

His riding skills were mediocre, and when he arrived in the city, the city was devastated, and there were only stray cats and wild dogs occasionally running out on the streets in the middle of the night. He followed the dark guards all the way to the Third Prince's Mansion.

Sure enough, the guards in the mansion were empty.

The group searched for a while, and finally found and beat Yu Simei in a wing room in the backyard.

The room was very dark, and several girls were still locked up. When they heard the door opening, they huddled together in fright, sobbing softly.

"Fourth sister?"

When Yu Fengbao's voice sounded, Fourth Sister Yu almost thought it was her hallucination. She couldn't help crying until a thin figure appeared at the door, and threw herself into Shadow's arms.

Even though the lights were dim, and even if she couldn't see his face clearly, she knew that it was her third brother, who had been gentle since childhood.

Yu Fengbao had a sore nose, patted the back of the person in his arms, and said with a smile: "You are all big girls, and you are still crying."

Fourth Sister Yu wiped her tears.

"Third brother, how did you find this place?" She pushed him away as if remembering something, "Third brother, go quickly, this is the third prince's mansion, if they catch you, you will die."

Yu Fengbao held her hand.

"Don't be afraid, the third brother came here specially to take you back. Today I happened to save the sixth younger sister. It was she who told me that you were sold by your parents, so I came here."

At the mention of her younger sister, Fourth Sister Yu burst into tears again.

"Third brother, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I failed to take good care of my younger siblings."

Yu Fengbao comforted her in a low voice.

"It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's go quickly and talk about it when we get home."

The hidden guard acted quickly, and the other girls in the room had already sent them out during the gap between the two of them talking just now.

As soon as the group of people drove out of the city in a carriage, they ran into a group of people head-on.

Flames danced in the sky above the capital, the third prince opened the curtain to watch the fire in the palace, held back the tears in his eyes, and saw a carriage the moment he lowered the curtain, he said coldly: "Kill them. "

Now that he is a bereaved dog, he must not be sloppy in the slightest.

When the man in black killed him, the dark guard immediately went up to meet him.

"Master Yu, you go first."

Yu Fengbao didn't dare to hesitate, took the reins, raised the whip and lashed the horse's back fiercely, the horse neighed and galloped away.

"call out……"

A sharp arrow pierced the night sky and shot at Yu Fengbao. He couldn't dodge in time, and fell off the carriage unsteadily. He rolled several times and hit the stone on the side of the road before he stopped rolling.

A man in black dragged him back by his collar.

After Yu Fengbao recovered, he shouted loudly to the fighting guards: "Retreat!"

Seeing this, the dark guard took out the poison powder and ran away.

The man in black threw Yu Fengbao in front of the carriage.

"Your Highness, I have been caught alive."

The third prince lifted the curtain of the car and took a look, then swallowed the sentence "Killed" that came to his mouth.

A beautiful side face was reflected under the moonlight.

There was a bloodthirsty smile on the corner of his mouth, and the madness of burning jade and stone flashed across his eyes.

"Eunuch Yu, what a coincidence."