Plan to cut off the nine states

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Zhang Shiyu said with a serious face, "Follow me."

"The emperor wants to see someone get whipped again?"

"Have you never known fear?" Zhang Shiyu looked surprised.

"I tasted all my fears carefully when I was alone, but they tasted like wax and were spat out again."

Zhang Shiyu laughed and immediately said with a straight face, "Let's go out first."

There were no guards outside the door, so Zhang Shiyu walked around and around and quickly came to another room. "Put on your clothes." He pointed to a bunch of things on the table.

There was no light in the room, so Lou Chi picked up the clothes and identified them, "These are the clothes of the eunuchs in the palace."

"You can't leave the palace like this, right?"

"Leaving the palace?"

"Change quickly, now is not the time for small talk."

No matter what, having a glimmer of hope is better than staying in the palace and waiting to die. Lou Chi quickly put on new clothes, rolled up the old clothes into a ball, and held them in his arms.

The two of them went out again, turned a few more corners, and came to a carriage. Zhang Shiyu asked Lou to get on the carriage and warned: "Don't make a sound. If someone outside asks, just pretend you're not there. I'll handle everything." "

Louji nodded in agreement, climbed into the carriage, groped around, found a comfortable place to sit down, and began to wonder where Prince Yu was playing.

The wait took longer this time, almost half an hour, before the vehicle finally moved.

When the carriage stopped, it was already dimly lit outside.

Someone lifted the curtain, someone got into the car, and the floor held its breath because the person who got in was not Zhang Shiyu.

The carriage was on the road again. Zhang Shiqing sat opposite, as far away from the foundation as possible, and said coldly: "Don't talk to me."

Lou Chi didn't speak, so he hummed.

The two of them were silent.

The carriage stopped and went, and I was often questioned. Zhang Shiyu from outside answered. The journey was smooth. Only once, someone lifted a corner of the curtain to see who was inside, but Zhang Shiqing spat him away. The man didn't look at anything. arrive.

The noise outside started to get louder. We had finally left the imperial city. The sky was bright and we could see clearly inside the carriage. The floor looked at the "wife" diagonally opposite several times, but in the end he didn't ask anything.

The carriage stopped for the last time, Zhang Shiqing jumped out, Zhang Shiyu lifted the curtain and said happily: "Come out, brother-in-law."

Zhang Shiqing said: "Don't call him... I don't like to hear it."

"But he is indeed my brother-in-law. You two have already paid homage and there is no way to go back on it."

"Hmph, you're not allowed to scream then."

Lou Chu got out of the car and looked around, "Is this Guiyuan?"

"Well, I'll hide here for a while and I'll take you out of the city in the afternoon."

"Wait, what is going on?"

"Let my sister tell you, I have to go back to the palace immediately." Zhang Shiyu drove the car himself and handed it over to the driver outside the garden.

The garden is not big, but when there are only two people left, it seems quite empty.

Zhang Shiqing turned around and entered the building. He followed him and asked: "You..."

Zhang Shiqing turned around, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Lou Chu, "This is a divorce note for you."

Lou Chu took the paper and looked at it. Sure enough, it was a letter of divorce. It was Princess Fangde who divorced her husband Lou Chu. The format was exactly the same as the husband's divorce, except that the husband and wife were swapped, and the witnesses wrote Zhang Shiyu and Huanyan. Princess.

Lou Chu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and folded the paper, "Is this one for me?"

"Yes, from now on, we are no longer husband and wife."

"Okay, I wish the princess can find her husband as soon as possible."

"Hey, I'm not someone who dislikes poverty and loves wealth. I've written the divorce letter a long time ago and just took it out today."

"Well, Prince Yu and Princess Huanyan know about this?"

"I'll tell them later. In short, there is no problem with the divorce letter."

There are serious problems with the divorce letter and it will not be recognized at all. Lou Chi did not argue, put the divorce letter in his arms and said with a smile: "Okay, I accepted it, can we talk about business now?"

"The divorce letter is business. Please change your clothes. I don't like this outfit."

Zhang Shiqing walked upstairs, quickly put on his old clothes, and followed him upstairs.

Lou Chu remembered that he once stayed in this room for one night. Zhang Shiqing and other six princesses came by boat to visit him. After some inquiries, no one was willing to marry him.

Zhang Shiqing sat by the window, looked at the water, and murmured: "So many things have happened, I feel like I have aged ten years all of a sudden."

"Don't be afraid, you still have many ten years left." Lou Chu stood at the door.

"Are you really involved in...the assassination?" Zhang Shiqing still looked at the water, and he did look a lot older.

"Well, I also stabbed the emperor in the stomach."

Zhang Shiqing was silent for a long time, "I should hate you, the emperor is the best to us, but I just can't hate you. It has nothing to do with you, but the emperor... He kind of scares me."

"After Prince Tuan died, everyone was afraid."

"No, I was a little scared before that. In front of the emperor, I drank hard and played hard just to please the emperor. I didn't feel it at the time. When I thought about it later, I realized that it was all pretending. I like drinking and I like to have fun, but I don’t like to drink too much or play too crazy.”

"In front of the emperor, no one dares to tell the truth, let alone show his true temperament."

Zhang Shiqing was lying on the window sill, seemingly sobbing. After a while, he straightened up and said, "But I miss Your Majesty, and I always feel like the sky is falling."

Lou Chu had nothing to say. He could only say yes. After waiting for a while, he asked, "Who wants to let me out?"

Zhang Shiqing turned around on the stool and glared at the foundation of the building, "The crime you committed deserves to be cut into pieces, but someone just wants to protect you." After a pause, she softened her tone slightly, "It's Princess Huanyan, she I don't know how to persuade the Empress Dowager, but I think it would be more beneficial to the court to let you go temporarily. "

"Huanyan... Princess?" Lou Chu was shocked. He didn't expect it to be her, let alone how she could persuade the Empress Dowager to give up her revenge on her son.

"Hey, you two are a perfect match, why don't you let her marry you?"

"Princess Huanyan and I are good friends."

Zhang Shiqing curled his lips and didn't believe it at all, "That's it. Princess Huanyan saves your life, and my brother and I will take you out of the palace and the city. From now on, we will be inseparable, and we will be strangers when we meet again."

"I think we will never meet again." Lou Chu murmured, vaguely guessing how Huanyan persuaded the Queen Mother.

"That's best. You are a traitor to Ji Ji, and I am the daughter of the King of Jibei and the niece of the emperor. From now on, we should all be enemies."

"OK."

Zhang Shiqing turned around suddenly, "Boring, really boring."

Since Zhang Shiqing couldn't ask anything, he simply went downstairs.

The servants who returned to the garden were all sent away, and without water or food, the building foundation could only endure.

Shortly after noon, Zhang Shiyu arrived on horseback alone. After entering the building, he asked: "Where is my sister?"

The foundation of the building pointed to the upper floor. Zhang Shiqing had never come down.

"Brother-in-law, ignore her, she is still a child." Zhang Shiyu is only fourteen years old, but he seems to be much older than his sister.

"Did you tell King Jibei everything?" Lou Chu asked.

Zhang Shiyu blushed. It was indeed him who leaked the truth. The King of Jibei reported it to the Queen Mother, which led to a series of arrests later. "Father saw it..."

"It doesn't matter, this matter can't be kept secret for long. The little emperor wants revenge, and the Liang family will use the opportunity of revenge to purge the court. Sooner or later, this day will inevitably happen."

"I thought the general would leave you outside the city, just like..." Just like the King of Jibei trying to protect his son.

"The Lou family has many descendants. How did Princess Huanyan convince the Empress Dowager?"

"Didn't my sister say that? That's right, Huanyan said, the new emperor has just ascended the throne, and executing the son of the general will arouse suspicion in the world. Although the general sent his son, he felt uneasy after hearing that the court was merciless. It is better to put your brother-in-law into the rivers and lakes first and let him drift away. After the court is stabilized, he can be captured by issuing a paper edict. "

"The Queen Mother was so convinced?"

"It's not that easy. The Empress Dowager asked the general's wife for her opinion. The wife said that the general would never doubt the court, but the people like to spread lies. I don't know what they would say. The Empress Dowager also called for Liang Taifu and Liang Xima. The two also said that the assassin has already implicated the eldest princess, and it is not appropriate to expand the matter further..."

"Don't the Queen Mother know what I have done?"

Zhang Shiyu shook his head, "I don't know. He was still the emperor in the palace but was killed by Liang Guo's assassins. My brother-in-law was just involved."

Once the truth is investigated, Zhang Shiyu cannot escape suspicion. The King of Jibei has obviously regained power and done a lot to protect his son, and also helped Lou Chu.

Only Shao Junqian was unlucky and was tied up with the eldest princess with no one to rescue her.

Lou Chu still felt strange, but he couldn't get anything out of Zhang Shiyu, "When can I leave the city?"

"Wait a little longer, Aunt Huanyan hasn't arrived yet."

Although he had known that Huanyan was of higher seniority, Lou Chu was still stunned when he suddenly heard Zhang Shiyu calling her "aunt".

Not long after, Huanyan arrived. She also entered the garden alone and went straight to the small building by the water. After entering, she shook her head and said, "You two..."

Zhang Shiyu blushed. The foundation of the building was infected, and his face felt hot. He stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "The princess is so kind..."

"Don't thank me. It's not me who saved you, but the general. He insisted on leaving a way for you to survive. Taifu Liang and Liang Xima had no choice. If you are tried, the general will be implicated. If you are not tried, it will not be justified. Once sent When you arrive at Tingwei's house, all your confessions must be made public, so they would rather let you escape first so that they can still punish you when needed later. "

This is the truth. If Huanyan hadn't spoken first, no one would have dared to make such a suggestion.

Lou Chu bowed deeply and thanked him, no longer wondering about the intentions of the General and Mrs. Lan.

Huanyan dodged away, "I also have some selfish motives. The world is dim and chaos is about to arise. The seventeenth son is going to Bingzhou. If you can develop your grand plan, don't forget today's difference."

"Brother-in-law is going to Bingzhou?" Zhang Shiyu asked in surprise.

Lou Chu nodded, of course he wanted to go to Bingzhou, and he could only go to Bingzhou.

Zhang Shiqing came out at some point and stood on the middle floor of the stairs, interjecting: "Princess Huanyan always keeps thinking about it. She talks nonsense every day. Tiancheng Dynasty has many elite soldiers, but she is still afraid of a group of rioters? Actually, I understand, you just want to Find an excuse to help Lou Qi."

Huanyan's face also turned a little red. Zhang Shiqing turned around and went upstairs, saying loudly: "I don't want him to remember. We agreed not to see each other again in the future."

Zhang Shiyu said awkwardly: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, my sister is young and can't speak."

"I don't care, are you leaving now?"

Huanyan just came to say goodbye and send some gifts. Zhang Shiqing couldn't leave the city casually. Zhang Shiyu got on the car with the building foundation and drove it to Shili Pavilion outside the city. He left a good horse behind and said goodbye, "I see the general trend of the world. I don’t understand, it may be chaotic, or it may not be, the farther away the brother-in-law is, the better, and the Shen family in Bingzhou may not be safe.”

Lou Chu thanked him, got on his horse, looked at the East Capital, looked at the general direction of the post station, and rode on his way, thinking of his mother, the Princess of Wu.

She said: "You are my son, your surname is not Lou, it should be Xu... We are both Wu people!"

(End of this volume)