The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 74
Jinse looked at her, although she had doubts in her heart, she had nothing to be afraid of.If Rongyue wanted to kill her, then no matter how she tried to hide, she might not be able to hide.That being the case, what can I do if I just follow the route she said?But, all the way to the south, wouldn't that be Zhongli?Su Li is actually in Zhongli?
After pondering for a moment, Jin Se finally nodded towards Rong Yue: "Thank you, Princess."

Rong Yue smiled slightly, turned around and left.

Jinse began to look for a way out.

It's not that she doesn't know how strict Su Mozhi's mansion is, so even though Rongyue revealed Su Li's whereabouts, she was powerless to let her go.If she wants to escape from the capital, she still has to rely on Jinse herself.

She stayed in the regent's mansion for several days, and found that Su Mo rarely returned to the mansion, or if he came back occasionally, she didn't know.

So Jinse decided to sit on the sidelines and wait for the rabbit.

She waited at the gatehouse for two days in a row, and finally waited for Su Mo on the third day.

At that time, she had already fallen asleep on the soft couch in the warm pavilion, but suddenly realized that someone was covering her, and then woke up. When she opened her eyes, she saw Su Mo's calm face in front of her, and the covering on her body It was his cloak that he was wearing.

Jinse sat up abruptly and threw back his cloak to him.

The cloak fell to the ground, but Su Mo didn't pick it up or look at it. Instead, he sat down on the chair next to him, glanced at Jinse, and said calmly, "Tell me, what's the matter."

Sitting on the edge of the couch with her head down, Jinse paused for a moment before saying, "I want to go to Pudu Temple."

Su Mo hooked the corners of his mouth: "You just ask someone to pass this on to me. Is it necessary to wait here for two days?"

Jinse took a deep breath, and said, "The regent has a noble status. I always have to come here to explain in person, so that I can show my sincerity?"

"Sincerity?" Su Mo asked back with a faint smile.

Jinse looked up at him and said, "If you don't want to, then that's fine."

"Your sincerity is really pitiful." Su Mo stood up suddenly, took a few steps towards Jinse, and leaned over to look at her, "Tomorrow the Empress Dowager will take the Emperor to Pudu Temple to offer incense and will stay overnight , so, do you still want to go?"

The empress dowager brought the emperor to offer incense?Jinse's heart trembled slightly, which meant that the guards around the monastery would be extremely tight, and it became more difficult for her to take the opportunity to escape from there.

But at this moment, facing Su Mo's cold and calm eyes, how else could she answer?

"I'll go." Jinse calmly looked at him, and said two words lightly.

The next day, the Pudu Temple was surrounded by guards on the inner and outer third floors. When Jinse arrived at the foot of the mountain, although he showed the badge of the Regent's Palace, the carriage was searched carefully. After a lot of twists and turns, Finally, he was released to go up the mountain.

Purdue Temple was also the place where she lived for a while, so she was very familiar with it.After Jinse entered the temple, the queen mother and emperor had not yet arrived, so the abbot Master Huikong still arranged for her to live in the small courtyard where she lived before.

As soon as she settled down, it was reported that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had arrived, and all the monks in the temple came out to welcome her. Although the small courtyard where she lived was in the temple, it was isolated from other places, so even if she didn't come out to welcome her, she would not No one will say anything.

Unexpectedly, that night, Empress Dowager Luanjia suddenly came to her small courtyard.

"The Ai family just heard Master Huikong accidentally mentioning it. I knew you were here. It happened that the Ai family thought it was deserted to eat alone, so they simply came to have dinner with you." The Empress Dowager Ji was very approachable, as soon as she entered the door He took Jinse's hand and said with a smile.

Jinse hurriedly lowered her head and took two steps back, saying: "It's Jinse's fault for letting the Queen Mother come here."

"Why are you so polite in front of Ai's family?" The Empress Dowager Ji seemed a little dissatisfied, "Ai's family heard that you don't behave like this in front of the regent."

Jinse's face suddenly changed slightly: "The Queen Mother?"

Empress Dowager Ji burst into laughter, and said: "The Ai family didn't want to blame you, why did your face change in fright? Besides, the Ai family knew that you were not only rude in front of the regent, but in front of King Ning and the first emperor. , I don’t see you have so many rules.”

"Whether you follow the rules or not depends on who you are facing." Jinse said, "In front of some people, you can be proud of favor, and in front of some people, you can be proud of hatred. But in front of the Queen Mother, Jinse has no so proud."

The Empress Dowager Ji looked her over carefully, and there was a trace of regret in her beautiful eyes: "Sure enough, time is ruthless, and it will change beyond recognition, not just the face of a person. Forget it, let's not mention that, just eat with peace of mind."

For a dinner, Jinse's food was tasteless, and he just wanted to wait for the Empress Dowager Ji to leave quickly, but she didn't want to eat the dinner, but the Empress Dowager Ji suddenly said that her small courtyard is quiet, and she wanted to stay here overnight.

Jinse was startled when she heard the words, but then suddenly something surged in her heart.

The empress dowager stayed here for no reason, which seemed to set up another obstacle for her escape, but as long as she made good use of it, it might help her.

However, I don't know if the Queen Mother acted like this intentionally or unintentionally?

If it is intentional, then, is her mind like Rongyue's, wanting to drive the woman who almost killed Su Mo as far away as possible?
If this Empress Dowager Ji's heart is actually Su Mo, then the previous palace coup seems to be no longer as simple as what outsiders saw.

Just thinking about it, Jinse felt terrified.She didn't know if she was thinking too far, but she couldn't control this terrifying thought from spreading in her mind.

At five o'clock, the Empress Dowager Ji breathed steadily on the bed next to her, which showed that she was in a peaceful sleep.Jinse quietly got up and put on her clothes, and opened the door.

The maid of the Empress Dowager Ji was waiting at the door. When she heard the voice, she turned her head suddenly. When she saw Jinse, she lowered her body and saluted: "The princess is up? The servant girl is going to wash up for the princess and the queen mother."

"No need." Jinse said, "This place is far away from the kitchen. If you go there to fetch water, there will be some delays. There is a small kitchen on the west side. I used to use it before. Let me prepare the water by myself." Can."

"The servant girl went with the princess."

"You can stay here. If the Queen Mother gets up and calls for someone to serve, wouldn't it be disrespectful if you and I are not here?" Jinse smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I can handle it."

The small kitchen is actually located on the westernmost side of the whole temple, separated by a wall, is the outside of the temple, but the west side of the temple is a cliff, so there should be no guards to handle it.

Jinse entered the kitchen, closed the door, but neither touched the stove nor scooped up water, but went to the place where the firewood was piled up, and moved the firewood piled up in the corner little by little.

When a large piece of yellow mud stains appeared in the corner of the wall, Jinse suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

There used to be a hole in the corner of the wall, which she found when she and Lu He lived here, probably used by the young monk in the temple when he went down the mountain secretly.At that time, they didn't want to bother Master Huikong, so Luhe used yellow mud to patch up the hole by herself.

After Jinse fiddled with it for a while, the piece of yellow mud cracked suddenly, and with another push, the hole in the corner of the wall was quietly restored to its original shape.

The faint morning light came in through the hole, Jinse closed her eyes, took a deep breath, then fell on the ground, and got out from the hole.

A few steps away is the cliff, and there are no guards here.

Jinse turned around, reached for the firewood inside, barely blocked the hole again, then stood up, clinging to the west wall, and carefully walked across the cliff.

Not far from the cliff, there was a guard holding the handle. Naturally, Jinse didn't dare to go there, so she could only climb down a steep slope at the foot.

All went well, and no one noticed her, except that she was a little weak.Although the climb down was slow, the thought of finally getting out of Su Mo's control gave him strength again.

It took her an entire hour before she finally climbed down the steep slope.When you get to the gentle terrain of the back mountain, it becomes much easier to go down the mountain.

In order to avoid the guards guarding the road, Jinse kept walking on the deserted road. After half a day, she finally made it down the mountain.

Not caring about her mess and stolen goods, Jinse hurried to the nearest post station, bought some dry food and water, bought a horse, and headed south.

The journey to the south is actually not difficult, and Jinse has walked this route twice, but she has never been as tired as this time, because she doesn't know what to do when she goes to Zhongli, and it is very difficult for Su Li. , and whether we should see each other or not.

Even so, the horse steps going all the way south did not hesitate at all.

Even if we don't meet each other, we can sneak a glance at him after all, right?
The autumn wind gradually picked up, and after nearly a month of non-stop driving around the clock, Jinse finally set foot on the land of Zhongli.

Whenever she went to a new place, she didn't even bother to wash and change her clothes. The first thing she did was always change horses.After changing horses and taking a short rest, they continued on their way without stopping.

In the small town of Zhongli that I arrived on this day, there were very few places that sold horses. After searching for a long time, Jinse found a horse stall, but found that the horses inside were all scrawny and lifeless.

She stood outside the manger shaking her head and sighing. Seeing this, the stall owner said, "Girl, don't sigh, a good horse will come to me in these two days. It is bought from the capital. If you are not in a hurry, you can go for a while." Wait, see you tomorrow!"

After thinking about it for a while, Jinse decided to take a rest, and waited until the next day to come here again to look for horses.

In the end, I saw several fat and solid horses, and the horse dealer was leaning against the porches, talking about something with yesterday's stall owner.

Jinse approached quickly, and only listened to the man said: "...I'm not boasting, I am all first-class horses, they are horses in the royal army camp! It is also thanks to the recent military training in the royal barracks, Some people in the barracks took advantage of the loopholes and produced some good horses, and it took me a lot of effort to get these few horses!"

Jinse stepped forward, and the stall owner warmly greeted her: "The girl is here, the horse is here, you can see for yourself!"

Jinse nodded and looked at each horse carefully.

The stall owner then turned to talk to the horse dealer again: "It's been so many years since Zhongli has trained soldiers like this. Brother, you are from the capital, do you know what the purpose of this vigorous training is?"

The horse dealer coughed twice, and said, "I shouldn't have said that in the first place, but since it is in this remote town, there is nothing to worry about. Not only you are curious, but many celebrities in Kyoto are also guessing, and most people They all felt that this military training must be to prepare for the dispatch of troops.”

"Send troops?" The stall owner's eyes widened immediately, "Zhongli has lived peacefully with neighboring countries for so many years, why would he suddenly think of what kind of troops to send? Where to send them?"

The horse dealer laughed mysteriously: "This is a long story. Have you ever heard of the coup d'etat in Qingyue two years ago? Ning Wang Suli launched the palace coup, but was defeated by Qin Wang Su Mo. Since then, everyone has heard of it." None. And Qingyue’s former emperor is also missing, the young emperor came to the throne, Qin King Su Mo is the regent, it can be said that he monopolizes the power of the Qingyue Dynasty, and no one can shake it.”

Jinse carefully picked up the horse, heard the words, raised her eyes slightly, and glanced at the horse dealer.

"But during this coup, two important figures disappeared at the same time, isn't that weird?" The horse dealer slightly lowered his voice, "There are legends that one of these two important figures was In our Zhongli Palace, we have successfully persuaded the country lord to send troops to attack Qingyue."

The stall owner suddenly took a deep breath: "Then... who is this important person?"

"It's hard to say." The horse dealer pouted and shook his head, "But, I guess it's King Ning Suli."

"What's the reason?" the stall owner asked curiously.

"Do you know who is the most beautiful princess in Zhongli?" asked the horse dealer.

The stall owner laughed: "Of course it's Princess Jinghao, who was over double ten that year, but still unmarried."

The horse dealer also laughed: "That's right, but now, there seems to be news from the palace that Princess Jinghao's wedding is already in preparation."

Jinse was stunned for a moment, staring fixedly at the horse under her.

"Could it be that you want to marry that important person?" the stall owner asked hurriedly.

The horse dealer pinched his beard and laughed inscrutablely: "You know that a few years ago, Qingyue intended to marry Zhongli, and the object was King Ning and Princess Jinghao! Although it was not announced to the world In the end, it was nothing, but it still spread in the capital. I heard that Princess Jinghao has a deep love for King Ning Suli, and she did not marry after the double tenth, and it was for this King Ning. So, in my opinion, that The important person in the palace must be this King Ning!"

The stall owner was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Since this is the case, it is obvious that King Ning's move is to avenge his own personal revenge. How can the king agree?"

"What is mutual benefit?" The horse dealer glanced at the stall owner slightly contemptuously, and said, "If this action can first avenge King Ning's personal revenge, and second, strengthen Zhongli's national strength, why not do it?"

"The stall owner!"

When the two were talking about their excitement, they suddenly heard a crisp and lively call from the side, it was Jinse.

Seeing that she had already led a horse, the stall owner hurried over: "Young lady, have you chosen?"

Jinse pursed her lips and smiled: "I've chosen it, and I'll give you the money."

The stall owner took the silver taels and watched Jinse lead the horse out of the manger with a smile, then got on the horse and drove off in the dust. He did not forget to send a blessing: "Good trip, girl!"

It's a good journey, but for Jinse, it seems to be a hurdle.

She rode the horse and galloped wildly. Just after running for a few miles, the horse that had been selected by thousands of people suddenly stumbled and tripped for unknown reasons. The horse lost its balance suddenly. It flew up, and then fell heavily to the ground!
Huge pain struck immediately, as if her internal organs had been shattered, and she couldn't feel any part of her body, as if a body had been torn apart, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't put it together again.At the same time, what could no longer be pieced together was the faint consciousness, and finally, she passed out in this wilderness.

"...Several broken bones... Within a few months...It won't get better...Don't worry, Your Highness Six...Do everything you can..."

Jinse broke free from the boundless night with all her might, and finally opened her eyes after listening to some words intermittently.

In the dizzy vision, only a man in brocade clothes can be vaguely seen, with a tall and handsome figure.

"Su Li..." Jinse murmured, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest, her eyes went dark, and when she was about to faint again, she gritted her teeth and forced herself to stand up.

When he opened his eyes again, the silhouette of the man in front of him became clear, but it was not Su Li.

Jinse stared at him blankly for a moment, and suddenly some blurred images appeared in her mind.

This is a face that captivates all living beings.It's clearly on a man's body, but it's indescribably glamorous, even more beautiful than a woman's.

And this face, she seemed to have seen it somewhere before.

"Miss Song is awake." The handsome man slanted his lips and smiled, "Do you still remember Jinfeng?"

Hibiscus wind?

But this name is familiar, Jinse thought for a long time, and finally remembered suddenly, looked at the man in front of her with wide eyes, and said with difficulty: "Murong Jinfeng?"

Murong Jinfeng, the sixth prince of Zhongli, was born of the same mother as Song Heng.Back then, Jinse had met him once in a border town.

"It's just a chance meeting, but the girl still remembers that I'm here today. It's really a blessing." Murong Jinfeng stroked his temples, ignoring Jinse's body at this moment, and then said, "I don't know why the girl stepped on the bed again. Am I leaving the country?"

Jinse's viscera began to ache again, and she couldn't help coughing twice, but her ribs also started to ache.She was so painful that her complexion changed for a moment, and she wanted to curl up, but found that she couldn't move at all.

"Forget it, girl, let's save some effort." Murong Jinfeng raised the corners of his lips, and there was a slight hint of contempt in his eyes, "You fell hard and broke several bones. It's best to rest for a while, and when you are able to move Now, let me ask you again."

After saying that, he turned around abruptly, and left without stopping.

Jinse watched him go out the door, only then did she see clearly that the room she was in looked like an inn.Presumably, it was Murong Jinfeng who ran into her unconscious on the road, rescued her, and brought her to an inn in a nearby town.

After thinking about it, Jinse felt it was funny, it seemed that every time she came to Zhongli, she always met someone from Zhongli's royal family on the way.

The first time, she met Jing Hao, the second time, she met Murong Jinfeng and Song Heng, and the third time, she met Murong Jinfeng again.

It was just the first two times, the first time with Su Li, and the second time with Song Heng. It seemed that everything went smoothly and steadily.But this time, only Murong Jinfeng, that man with evil and contempt in his eyes, wondered what would happen to him?
Thinking about it, Jinse couldn't help but wanted to cough again, but thinking about the sharp pain just now, she still managed to hold it back.

No matter how bad it is, where can it go?In fact, as long as she knew that Su Li was fine, she seemed to have nothing else to worry about.

It was already three months later when the multiple injuries on Jinse's body finally gradually recovered.

During the three months, Murong Jinfeng took her immobile to stop and go, seemingly unintentionally, but in fact took the right time to bring her to the capital of Zhongli, and settled her in the post house.

Other injuries on Jinse's body are almost healed, except that her legs and feet are still a little inconvenient, but even so, she limped to thank Murong Jinfeng and said goodbye: "Thank you, Your Highness, for taking care of me all the way, now my injury is almost healed , dare not disturb His Highness the Sixth Highness any more."

(End of this chapter)