armyinform Chapter 54 Infiltrate
Chapter 54 Infiltrate
Two days after the birthday banquet, everything was as usual.
Xu Yang originally wanted to take Xiao Yanchen to see the queen's aunt after the banquet, but in the end he gave up because of sudden changes.Entering the palace again on the second day would inevitably fall into disrepute, so he waited until the fourth day.
Empress Xu Lingyi is Xu Jingshi's half-sister, and she has a close relationship. When she was young, she could wield knives and guns and retreat three miles from the enemy.However, when she was pregnant with Liujia, she was trapped in a heavy siege on a snowy night, and when she was rescued, she had a miscarriage, which became a serious disease and could no longer bear children.
After that, Xu Lingyi's heart disease was difficult to heal for a long time, until Xia Mingyu brought Xia Chen, who had lost her biological mother and was still a baby, and she gradually got out of the pain of bereavement.
Xu Yang was raised by his aunt for two or three years when he was young, and he was with Xia Chen, so even if he grew up and returned to the General's Mansion, he would visit the palace every year.In Xu Yang's memory, his aunt was cheerful and open-minded, sometimes playful, so she let him and Xia Chen get into trouble from childhood to adulthood.Later, their respective identities suddenly became honorable, and the three of them restrained themselves a bit.
After being named the Central Palace, Xu Lingyi didn't care about the glory and wealth, and she never lived extravagantly.At first glance, the palace I live in does not seem very graceful and gorgeous, but many details are also unique.And when Xia Chen moved to the East Palace, she drastically changed the palace courtyard and raised some weird little pets.
Every time Xu Yang entered the palace, he could see new creatures.But this time he took Xiao Yanchen to visit, so he didn't have the intention to stay in the palace courtyard any longer.
Arriving in front of Qingning Palace with ease, Xu Yang was about to emphasize some etiquette, but the person in the chair had already stepped out, "Then what are you dawdling about, alienating your aunt after not seeing you for more than half a year?"
Xu Yang looked up, and saw a smiling Yanyan woman frowning slightly waiting for his response.
"How can it be, Auntie." He said in a low voice, and then bowed again, "I pay my respects to the empress."
Xu Lingyi nodded in satisfaction, turned her eyes down, and looked at Xiao Yanchen who was also observing her generously, "This child, it must be the one from the Yan family." Her eyes lit up, she bent down slightly and raised her hand.
Xiao Yanchen was not nervous at all, and boldly grabbed the opponent's hand, smiling like a flower, "It's Chen'er, hello auntie."
Xu Lingyi felt that her heart was melted, and said excitedly to Xu Yang who hadn't recovered, "Better looking than you, and more cute." She happily led him away, and said as she entered the room: "I'm the palace At that time, I wanted to ask His Majesty for this child, if I knew Chen'er was such a pain in the ass, I should have persisted."
Xu Yang was a little surprised, and followed, "Auntie also wanted to raise Chen'er? Then why did she give up in the end? Did His Majesty not allow it?"
"I didn't even mention it to His Majesty, but I just heard that the matter of the Yan family is quite complicated, and the gold medal for this child's death is very tortuous." Xu Lingyi sat down and nodded to indicate that the other party should not be restrained.
"Can aunt know the details?" Xu Yang frowned and sat down nearby.
At this time, all the maids in the room left with a wink.
Xu Lingyi took the pastries on the table, broke them into small pieces and handed them to Yan Chen.Seeing people's attention shift away, she thought about her words before saying: "At that time, I asked someone to inquire, and Director Su told me very directly that even if it is my palace, it is best not to get involved. And it is very strange that , went to the harem, so many people who inquired about this matter did not find any more information. It can be seen how unbelievable the inside story is, and no amount of gold, silver and jewelry can be exchanged."
After hearing this, Xu Yang's expression darkened, "Boss Su is indeed right. His Majesty is not in a good mood when he sees Chen'er. If possible, I will take him to the Northwest more often in the future. The life there is simple and simple, and he will like it." of."
"Then aunt is left alone." Xu Lingyi lowered her eyelids and said melancholy, "Chen'er has a lot of homework and sometimes has government affairs to deal with, so I'll just let him come to say hello every other day."
Xu Yang paused for a while, then tentatively said, "It's not that there is His Majesty."
"Your Majesty..." Xu Lingyi's tone was still calm, only the ending revealed a subtle bitterness.The hall fell silent, and silence is better than sound.
Afterwards, Xu Yang looked at the casement knowingly, the sunny light outside the delicate but lifeless railing.Xu Lingyi also looked over and said, "The weather is so nice, why don't you go out with Chen'er?"
"Go now." Xu Yang nodded, and was about to get up to pull him back when there was movement outside the door.He stopped to look, and saw Xia Chen hurried into the house.The other party looked at him first, and then saluted the empress, "Greetings to the empress. The son saw that there was no palace guard outside the hall, so he came in on his own initiative, and asked the empress to forgive me."
"It doesn't matter, no courtesy." Xu Lingyi noticed that the other party was preoccupied, and quickly understood, "Looking for your cousin? If it's urgent, you can go quickly."
Xia Chen heaved a sigh of relief, and retreated in the original posture, "Thank you mother for your understanding, my son took me away." After finishing speaking, he grabbed Xu Yang and walked out without any delay, not forgetting to call Yan Chen in the middle, "Boy, let's go."
The latter took his time and bowed politely to Xu Lingyi before trotting after him.
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Xia Chen deliberately chose a remote palace path, with a serious expression that he had never seen before.Xu Yang didn't ask questions on the way, but just quietly looked around, guessing where their destination was.After about a quarter of an hour, they stopped in a hidden place covered by rockery and bushes.
"Which palace is this?" Xu Yang pulled Xiao Yanchen towards him, leaning against the high crimson wall and looking at Xia Chen.
"Liyan Palace, no one lived there before." Xia Chen said hesitantly, "Father placed that girl here two days ago."
Xu Yang raised his eyebrows lightly, and immediately knew that the woman in the other party's words was referring to the girl who had escaped from danger at the birthday party.He stood with arms folded, serious, "Are you really interested in that woman, because of her looks?"
"How is it possible, this palace...is sympathetic to the people. Besides, didn't you ask me to express my love for the people?" Xia Chen's eyes drifted, and the more he spoke, the more guilty he became.
Xu Yang smiled, but didn't say anything, "It's enough to give a plaster that heals the wound quickly. At most, I can give you something to comfort him. Why should His Highness come here in person." After speaking, he pushed aside the grass and prepared to step out.
"Don't, cousin." Xia Chen hurriedly grabbed him, anxious like an ant on a hot pot, "I came here to worry about her—oh, I was afraid that she would be taken into the harem by my father."
"Then what does it have to do with His Highness?" Xu Yang turned back unhurriedly, "Whether the woman is willing to stay in the palace is her business. Whether His Majesty will accept her is not a matter of His Highness's disagreement." It can be stopped. Besides, His Highness shouldn’t often go to the harem, if you really have nothing to do, go to practice swords.”
"This is no business." Xia Chen became even more anxious, "She looks like she is not as old as this palace. If she wants to enter this harem where the sun cannot be seen, her life will be over. In addition, the methods of the imperial concubine's party will be all over." So ruthless, she will be tortured and bullied to death."
"A woman who dares to kill a tiger is not cruel enough?"
Xia Chen looked at the other party's calm appearance, and finally stopped trying to save face, and admitted: "Well, this palace is caring, and I don't want her to become the concubine of the emperor. I have never seen such a woman before. I fell in love with it."
Xu Yang lowered his voice: "There are rumors in the court that His Highness cares too much because of the other party's portrait of his biological mother. I can accompany Your Highness..."
"That's not the case." Xia Chen interrupted him, "I have been in Qingning Palace since I can remember, and I have no impression of my biological mother at all. Although there is a portrait of her hanging in the East Palace, it is only to show the grace of giving birth. It's the father who might be attracted to the girl because of her appearance."
The other party spoke the second half of the sentence in a low voice, Xu Yang didn't respond immediately, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Most of the children in the Jianghu only want to be happy with each other, and hold hands with one person to grow old together. However, His Highness's marriage is not up to him to decide."
"I don't care, I'm already the crown prince, so why can't I pursue someone I like? Besides, there are not many examples of kings marrying only one person in ancient times."
Xu Yang sighed, and listening to the other party's rare tough tone, he said, "So what is Your Highness planning to do now?"
Xia Chen's attitude suddenly changed and became more modest, "Didn't I invite you here to accompany my cousin to find out the situation."
"Why don't you go through the main entrance, but sneak around to the backyard instead?"
"Father will know about it as soon as you walk through the main entrance. His subordinates have just lined up a circle, and this place is the least likely to be discovered."
Xu Yang raised his eyes to measure the palace wall which was more than ten feet away, and pointed with his chin, "Can Your Highness go up by himself?"
"No." Xia Chen took a step back, waiting expectantly for the other party to squat down and lift herself up.
"It turns out that your highness still has light work." Xu Yang bent down and pushed Xiao Yanchen who seemed to be thinking all the time, "I still have a child to take care of, my highness, forgive me, and figure out a way for myself."
As soon as the words fell, he jumped up and clasped his hands on the wall for a few glances.Seeing that there was nothing strange inside, he quickly picked up Xiao Yanchen into his arms, jumped up and rolled in again.
After landing on the wet grass, he took Xiao Yanchen to squat down together, watching the surroundings carefully and waiting for Xia Chen to climb in with difficulty.After the person came in, he said again: "Get out of here quickly, Your Highness will lead the way."
Not every part of the huge imperial palace is cleaned by palace servants, and those vacant bedrooms are one of them.But at this moment, those unattended flowers and trees formed a natural shelter.The three of them quickly reached the back of the main palace, and carefully stepped over the withered branches on the ground.
It wasn't long before they found the window that wasn't shutting tightly.
"This is the Nuan Pavilion." Xia Chen glanced in from the outside, saw the low couch covered with a thick blanket, turned his head and made mouth shapes, "but no one is there."
Xu Yang thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand to gently open the window, and said silently: "Go ahead, you can't stay outside for long." Then, he put Xiao Yanchen on the ground, and jumped in with the window sill.
After landing lightly, he cautiously looked around and walked out, preparing to lift the gauze curtain.Just when his fingertips were about to touch, he heard the sound of pouring water.
At this time, it is not surprising that the woman stayed in the bedroom, but Xu Yang always had a bad feeling that there seemed to be other people in the room.
Xia Chen, who was still outside, was a little anxious when he saw the situation, but he didn't dare to make a sound, so he took the initiative to send Xiao Yanchen in first, and then climbed up the window sill by himself.
Xu Yang turned his head when he heard the movement, frowning tightly.At this time, a familiar voice sounded, and the wide-open windows were slammed shut by the sudden autumn wind.