Dongfang looked at Shu'er blankly, and after a long time, he said: "Sister...what's wrong with the fireworks in Linjiang..."

Shu'er ignored Dongfang Sui and walked towards the south palace gate. He stared blankly at the guards at the gate of the palace. He couldn't say the word "open the door", but he still couldn't say it. Dad, you don't let us leave Zhaohuang Palace, but...

When Shu'er was extremely anxious, Lin Ying walked up to her and said to the guard: "Open the door."

The guard saluted the Prince of Chu and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me for not obeying your orders. Your Majesty just now personally issued an order that the palace door is not allowed to be opened today." The seven guards nearby also saluted the three of them.

Lin Ying asked: "Are you the guards of Zhaohuang Palace?"

The eight guards said in unison: "Yes!"

Lin Ying asked again: "The king of Chu is not in Zhaohuang Palace, so whose orders should the guards of Zhaohuang Palace obey?"

The eight guards looked at each other, and one of them replied: "You should obey... His Highness the Crown Prince's order."

Lin Ying said: "Since you listen to me now, I don't ask you to disobey the king's orders. I only order you to stand still where you are."

The eight guards could only stand motionless.

Lin Ying turned to Shu'er and said, "You stay in the palace while I go outside to see what happened. Your father won't let us leave the palace. I will bear all the punishments alone."

Shu'er grabbed Lin Ying and frowned: "It's...dangerous outside."

Lin Ying smiled bitterly: "Shu'er, haven't you understood? Everything today is closely related to my mother. How could my mother put me in danger?"

Shu'er was still looking at Lin Ying with a frown, and Lin Ying explained: "My mother wrote a letter asking me to come back to Linjiang, not because of the 'Six Kings incident has passed and the court is in urgent need of pillars', but because... she probably had a long time ago

I have already planned these things today with those aristocratic families! But I never thought that she would be so ruthless!"

Shu'er gently let go of Lin Ying, then stepped forward, used all his strength to pull the hard wooden door latch of the Nangong Gate to the ground, and said to Lin Ying, "I'll go with you." Then he turned to Dongfang and said indifferently.

: "Ke'er, you stay in the palace."

Dongfang said anxiously: "I'll go out with you!"

Without waiting for Shu'er to stop her, Lin Ying held Dongfang Sui's shoulders with both hands and said sternly: "You can't go out. If we can't come back, we will meet tomorrow morning and sit on the dragon chair in Qianqiu Palace... you go and sit on it! After we go out, you

Lock the palace door immediately. If we come back, you must hear the poem we recited in the ancient tomb's piano room before you can open the door for us. Otherwise, no one is allowed to open the palace door!"

Dongfang looked at Lin Ying in bewilderment and had to stop where he was. After a long time, he saw faint blood stains on his shoulders. It was thought that Lin Ying had blood on his palms when he fell.

Lin Ying took Shu'er and ran to the Yuexia Immortal Temple.

Passing through several alleys, I saw people coming out of every house one after another. Neighbors stood in the alleys, looking at the billowing smoke to the south, and talking about it.

Under the moonlight, flames shot up into the sky at the Immortal Temple. The officers and soldiers who came from the Linjiang government office and the guards brought out by the two queens were not only busy putting out the fire, but they also shouted "Water has escaped, water has escaped" and "Stay out of the way"

, give way to idlers”…

Shu'er quickly grabbed a woman standing by and asked, "Is there... anyone in the ancestral hall?"

The woman trembled and said: "Yes... there is... we... if we weren't invited out by the guards... the bomb... the one who died inside... was me..."

Shu'er couldn't help but take half a step back, and turned around to look at the Yuexia Immortal Temple, which was burned beyond recognition. The temple had collapsed in an instant. What was burning at this time was no longer a house, but a ruin.

Shu'er was unsteady on her feet, so Lin Ying grabbed her and pulled her to an officer and soldier who was carrying two buckets of water, and asked the officer and soldier: "Can you see the two queens coming out of the ancestral hall?"

The officers and soldiers saw that the man and the woman were dressed in luxurious clothes, and saw that the ancestral hall was in ruins, so they did not dare to hide it and stammered: "I heard... I heard... that man... that man ran in and immediately exploded...

The two queens...the queens are still inside."

Lin Ying grabbed the officer and soldier's shirt and asked, "Who is that person who ran in?"

"That...that person...is wearing...a dragon...dragon robe."

Lin Ying instantly let go of the officers and soldiers, who hurriedly carried water and ran towards the sea of ​​fire.

Shu'er stared blankly at the ruins, and couldn't help but walk towards the sea of ​​fire. Lin Ying immediately grabbed Shu'er, stood in front of her and said: "Shu'er, you can't go there!"

Shu'er looked at Lin Ying numbly and squeezed out a sentence: "Your mother kidnapped my mother, my father went to save my mother, and I am going to save them."

Lin Ying grabbed Shu'er's hand, put it on her chest, and asked sternly: "Shu'er, do you believe Lin Ying?"

Two lines of tears fell down, but Shu'er still didn't answer.

Lin Ying gently wiped Shu'er's tears with her sleeves, but she didn't know that her own tears also streaked down her cheeks.

"Sorry, it's not me."

All of this was really not done by me.

The fire gradually turned into only the remaining smoke, and the remaining smoke seemed to permeate the entire capital of Chu State.

In front of the Immortal Temple under the Moon, the people dispersed, the officers and soldiers dispersed, it was late at night, and only a man and a woman were left, as well as the Chu Palace guards not far behind them, standing quietly in the remaining smoke.

Speechless.

Deeper and more exposed.

Silent.

The sky is dim.

Only the Immortal Temple under the Moon was completely dark, and no one could be seen coming out of the ruins.

The woman's legs gave way and she fell to the ground. The man also sat next to her.

"It's not you."

"Do you believe me?"

"It's me. It's me who didn't stop my mother. It's me who didn't stop my father."

The woman covered her face and cried bitterly. The man's eyes were also red and swollen, but he could not say a word of comfort.

Excuse me, my mother was able to lure your mother here for the reason of discussing our marriage. Your mother was extremely concerned about your life-long affairs, so she didn’t think much about it for a while. As for me, I knew I couldn’t get it.

In your heart, you want to get the life of your parents first, but you didn't expect that I was so blinded by the love between my children that I didn't even notice my mother's abnormality today. But how can I blame my mother? She

I am just obsessed with avenging my father and letting me sit on the dragon chair in the Qianqiu Palace...

What a fairy temple under the moon! Now, no matter how many fortune-tellings or fortune-tellings you ask, it will be of no use! Is there any marriage left between you and me?

Lin Ying suddenly stood up, lowered her head and said to Shu'er, who was still crying: "The Chu Kingdom must be unified, and the court meeting cannot be without a king. Since no one came to kill me after sitting here all night, I will be the king of the Chu Kingdom."

Shu'er was still crying, and Lin Ying vigorously pulled her up. Shu'er let Lin Ying hold her, and followed him back to the south gate of Zhaohuang Palace in a daze.

Inside the palace gate, Dongfang Sui stood with a sword, like a stone sculpture. Suddenly, he heard Lin Ying's voice coming from outside the palace gate, sad and sad.

"Hate and forget?

This wish cannot be obtained in your lifetime!

Is it Yefeye?

How can others judge right from wrong due to their ignorance?

All the sages in ancient times were lonely,

I am neither a sage nor a sage!

Why is this life so wasted?

Why can’t I get what I want?

Dongfang Cui, open the palace gate!

Come with me to Qianqiu Palace!"

****

When Lin Ying brought Shu'er and Dongfang Sui to the Qianqiu Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials from Chu State were arguing in the palace.

Most of the military attaches appointed by Dongfang Yu were capable generals in King Sheng's army. They knew that King Sheng's military officers were wise, brave, and loyal, so they had always believed in him after Dongfang Yu ascended the throne as King of Chu. They watched Dongfang Yu's son

Growing up in the army, I knew that although this young master of the Chu Kingdom was still in the age of dancing spoons, he was as skilled in both civil and military affairs as his father.

Most of them outspokenly supported Dongfang Yu's son Dongfang Sui to take over the throne of Chu. Although they had been loyal to Lin Ying's father, King Sheng, Lin Ying grew up in the Chen State rather than the Chu State, and she did not join them.

They rolled under their eyes. Instead of supporting Lin Ying, an embroidered pillow with no power to tie a chicken, it would be better to support Dongfang Sui, who has a close personal relationship with them and is both civil and military. In their view, the surname of Chu State is not the same.

Lin, is no longer important.

In addition to the Grand Sima, Lang Zhongling, and the Commander of the Forbidden Army of the Chu Kingdom, the Three Gongs and Nine Qings were all civil servants. These civil servants were closely related to the intricately connected aristocratic families of the Chu Kingdom, and these aristocratic families had always been protected by the Lin family, so they would definitely try their best to protect Chu.

King Mu appointed Lin Ying, the crown prince of the Lin family, as the new king of Chu.

When the ministers saw Lin Ying and Dongfang Sui walking into Qianqiu Hall side by side, they were suddenly silent.

Lin Ying did not go to the dragon chair, but stood between the civil and military officials on the left and right, and said loudly to the ministers: "Today's court meeting will discuss three things. First, the king passed away. Although there is no body left, a mausoleum should be built. The other

Second, whether the new king of Chu will be succeeded by me or by Prince Sui. Third, after the new king of Chu is decided, the court will discuss the issues decided by the king at the court meeting yesterday."

Shu'er and Dongfang Sui had been tired and sad all night. At this moment, they were standing among the civil and military officials in Qianqiu Palace, feeling in a daze. Shu'er ignored the etiquette and walked aside, hugged his knees and sat at the feet of Gu Yanda, the commander of the imperial army.

Dongfang Sui's right hand was still clenching the hilt of the sword, and his left hand was also clenched into a fist. He stared at Lin Ying with bright eyes, and asked sadly: "Prince Lin, were you the one who murdered my father and queen?

"

Lin Ying didn't answer and asked instead: "Young Master, was it your father who murdered my father? Was my queen, and was it your queen who invited me to the Yuexia Immortal Temple in order to reduce my power? You

If you want to take revenge on me, you can stab me a few times in front of all the ministers. I can't beat you, and I won't fight back. But even if you kill me, what will happen? Can the other two things be enough?

No discussion?"
To be continued...