Spring Forest Evening

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng was startled, and secretly hoped that Mu Yun had already left Shanglin Garden with the people from Prince Jing's mansion, and it would be best if he had successfully captured the two assassins who escaped from the secret passage.

Otherwise, if the people from Prince Jing's Mansion are still here, if they bump into Shen Fu later, they will rush up to report the situation to their lord without knowing the situation. Doubt, after all, this is a place connected to the palace, and it is impossible to enter under normal circumstances.

This point is a little unclear, and even, maybe because of this, it will be suspected that Shen Fu is with the empress dowager mother and daughter, and sent someone here to meet them.

In this era, there is no monitoring head, and everything is only based on two mouths, but if it makes people suspicious, not to mention that all previous efforts have been wasted, at least it will be very unfavorable to Shen Fu's future actions.

Based on his intuition, Zhou Heng felt that Shen Fu should not even explain the advance arrangement of Shanglinyuan to Commander Xu, and he would not even talk about Empress Jiang's wooing and contacting Prince Jing's mansion in advance. Wouldn't that be a disguise? Can you admit that you knew in advance about the alliance between the queen mother and daughter and the second prince?

The king of different surnames watched the assassination plot against the emperor and remained indifferent?Even if he just stood by and watched, for Hubenwei, who acted as the emperor's confidant security, it would be complicit in rebellion and completely unbearable, right?

Things are all intertwined, and if one link changes, it will trigger a chain reaction. How do you know that others will not suspect that Prince Jing's mansion is involved in it, and even know in advance that the queen mother and daughter will assassinate the emperor tonight?

So relying on his previous understanding of Shen Fu, Zhou Heng felt that unless he was really unlucky and ran into Mu Yun and the others, Shen Fu would definitely not take the initiative to confide a word to Hubenwei's people.

As for why Commander Xu would know his true identity, Zhou Heng felt that it would not be too late to ask Shen Fu about it in the future, and even, relying on his firm belief in Shen Fu, Zhou Heng felt that it might be the Concubine Liang may not have told Commander Xu, after all, she had told her frankly before, and Concubine Liang later told the leader of Hubenwei that it was also very possible.

Anyway... even if it was Shen Fu who said it, there must be reasons he had to do.

With trust in Shen Fu, Zhou Heng even optimistically felt that the people from Prince Jing's Mansion must have left, or that Shen Fu must have explained something before, so that they would not rush to recognize each other when they met. Otherwise, Shen Fu himself would not have taken the initiative to bring someone nearby to check the situation, wouldn't it be easier to meet people from Prince Jing's mansion?

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng felt relieved, and felt that he was right in not rushing to ask Shen Fu after leaving the secret path just now.

At that time, due to the presence of a few Huben Guards, I didn't even ask about what happened to Concubine Liang Gui of Cuiwei Palace, and Shen Fu didn't take the initiative to inform, so I thought I had some concerns.

The maid is from Prince Jing's mansion, so she should not worry about it, the only problem is naturally the five tiger guards accompanying her.

That being the case, Zhou Heng felt that there was no need to think about the fact that Prince Jing’s mansion had sent people to ambush in Shanglin Garden early on. It would not be too late to ask after returning to Prince Jing’s mansion, but this hot potato right now... looked at the fourth prince who was still sleeping soundly in his arms Zhou Heng felt that this was something he should think about right now.

Judging from the current situation, this little cutie who is still dreaming of dreams has become a poor little boy whose parents have died. Even if he is the only son of the emperor, he will face the double threat of the queen and the queen mother. It's worth it.

Leaving aside whether he can successfully become a little emperor, the key is who will raise him in the future?According to visual estimation, he is at most four years old, so he is probably still illiterate.

Thinking that Concubine Liang once wanted to entrust her son to him in person, Zhou Heng instinctively resisted—

How big a responsibility is it to raise a child, let alone the child who will become the emperor in the future, who can't be beaten or scolded, not to mention the physical condition such as illness, Zhou Heng feels pressure when he thinks about raising a future emperor mountain big.

The son of an ordinary family, it’s okay to raise a little bit crookedly, at most it’s cheating the future daughter-in-law, and parents can also let go of discipline, but if raising a future emperor crookedly, it will be a disaster for the country and the people, and no one can stop it !

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng remembered the bracelet Liang Concubine left for him before, and couldn't help touching it, but it's a pity that there is only the faint moonlight now, otherwise, he really wanted to open it right away to have a look.

I hope it wasn't a suicide note, and I didn't leave any last words asking me to raise a son for her, Zhou Heng secretly prayed in his heart.

Of course, even if it is really such a suicide note, Zhou Heng defended himself in his heart when he looked at the two Huben guards who were vigilantly paying attention to the surrounding movements:

Didn't Hubenwei come when the bracelet was given?Concubine Liang had no choice but to grab herself as a life-saving straw, right?

Besides, Hubenwei's duty is to protect the emperor or the future emperor to the death, so it makes sense for them to protect and raise them at the same time, right?

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng couldn't help but find favorable "evidence" for himself—

Ordinarily Concubine Liang really wants to entrust the four princes, and Huben Wei is only loyal to the emperor and the prince, so there is no need to avoid them, but in the secret passage just now, Shen Fu didn't tell him anything, so is it true? Didn't it mean that Concubine Liang didn't explain what she was asked to do?

That's right, the poor little fourth prince is now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. According to the plots in the limited costume dramas and the fragments in the history books that I have seen before, as the orphan of the emperor, the Crown Prince and Chujun must have to find many capable people. How could he casually hand over such an ordinary so-called boudoir lady to himself?

Even if Concubine Liang knew that she was the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, so what?At the beginning, Miss Zhou's family was going to marry Shen Fu, the prince's cousin with relatives, who was said to be Gao Pan.

There are still many ministers who are loyal to the dead emperor in the imperial court, and these people will definitely make proper arrangements for the fourth prince, the crown prince!

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng tentatively asked the two Huben guards next to him:

"Well, when the prince comes back, if there is no problem, you will take the fourth prince and leave, right?"

Getting an affirmative answer made Zhou Heng happy, that's enough, we can't ask any more questions, those are all court secrets, and we sent the fourth prince away, we just need to return to Prince Jing's mansion safely That's it.

Then eat and drink, and sleep well!

Just as he was thinking beautifully, he heard one of them hesitantly ask:

"Girl, do you want to... divide the army into two groups?"

Divide the army into two groups?Zhou Heng didn't know why, so the maid next to him felt a little understanding in her heart, so she helped explain in a low voice:

"Girl, the two big brothers want to ask, do you want to separate from them then?"

Before Zhou Heng could react, the other guard replied firmly:

"Miss, don't worry, although we only have five brothers now, we will definitely be able to protect His Royal Highness and you to escape from here safely!"

What?Escort me and the Fourth Prince to safely evacuate?Where to go?Zhou Heng was shocked immediately, but he still didn't give up. He asked the three of them with a glimmer of hope:

"You mean...fourth, His Royal Highness, uh, is going to Prince Jing's Mansion too?"