Yiyang looked nervous and sneakily peeked out from behind the flower clusters, a beautiful white cheek that could be broken by a blow. He looked around and after making sure that no one was around, he jumped up to Li Hong.
"My mother-in-law invites you to come over." Yiyang whispered in Li Hong's ear.
"Please?" Li Hong asked in surprise, avoiding Yiyang's red lips that were almost touching his ears.
Yiyang nodded seriously and continued: "My mother-in-law said a few days ago that if she is placed in the deep palace, she will invite you over immediately. She also specifically told me to use the word "please". I went to find her just now You, you were not here, and I knew you went to your mother’s place, so I didn’t dare to go there, so I waited for you here.”
Li Hong nodded thoughtfully. Concubine Xiao Shu didn't seem stupid. She knew that once her mother was crowned queen by her father, her situation would be extremely dangerous.
Yiyang looked at Li Hong, who was obviously distracted, and tugged on Li Hong's clothes anxiously and urged: "Are you going or not? My mother-in-law is still waiting for my reply."
"Go, can you not go?" Li Hong glanced at Yiyang, his expression anxious and deeply uneasy. After taking a long breath, he asked, "Do you know where Concubine Xiao has been placed?"
Li Hong asked Yiyang this way because he wanted to know what escape route Xiao Shufei had left for him. Is there any other escape route besides Yiyang? Although he knew where Concubine Xiao Shu was now, he still wanted to ask Yiyang.
Yiyang nodded, looked around like a thief, stretched out his slender jade fingers to hook Li Hong's head, and whispered into his ear.
"You are stupid. Since you know we are going there now, why do you still tell me in a mysterious way? Why don't you go with us?" Li Hong said impatiently.
"Of course I'll follow you, but if I don't tell you, how will you know?" Yiyang said confidently.
Li Hong was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, so he sighed and said, "Sister, just take me there. Do you think it is necessary to tell me here first?"
"Oh, that's right, then you come with me." Yiyang's head was really missing. He looked at Mang Zhong and Xia Zhi who were silent behind Li Hong, pouted his lips, and turned around to lead Li Hong. Hong walked towards the deep palace.
The four of them walked deep into the palace without speaking. When they passed by the Queen's residence, they could still vaguely see the blood stains on the wall from last night. The whole palace seemed quiet and lifeless.
The flowers and plants outside the palace have also been trampled into a mess. Some flowers that have not been completely trampled and withered by humans are still standing tenaciously under the sunlight, as if they are trying to regain their former glory.
The deeper you go, the fewer people there are. Only the cicadas hidden in the tall trees are shouting tirelessly. The buildings here have obviously not been renovated since the founding of the Tang Dynasty until now, and the overall look is desolate and desolate.
The mottled palace walls, roosting crows, and the occasional incomplete wind chimes ringing in the breeze. The yellowed windows, the lonely door lintels, the quiet bluestone road, both sides covered with weeds.
Although the sun is shining right now, there is a strange, terrifying loneliness and coldness flowing in the sultry air.
Yiyang shuddered involuntarily, and his rosy face looked a little pale. He looked at Li Hong behind him. Li Hong took a step forward silently, stretched out his small hand to hold her jade hand, and said softly: "Let's go." Bar."
In a secluded place in the distance, heads flickered and appeared, obviously someone was still secretly monitoring this place.
Walking through the long corridor under the shadow of the sun, the temperature seemed to have dropped several degrees again. Yiyang's cold little hand was held by Li Hong. After passing through the corridor, a narrower alley appeared in front of the four of them.
Yiyang was a little scared, his steps became slower, and he was afraid to go any further. Standing at the door were two eunuchs whose faces were not as fair as those of normal people. When they saw Li Hong and Yiyang approaching, their eyes were as sharp as an eagle's.
"Ah..." Yiyang was so frightened that he cried out.
Li Hong took her hand and continued to walk forward firmly. The two eunuchs at the door obviously knew Li Hong. When they saw Li Hong coming over without hesitation, they looked at each other and hurriedly saluted: "See you, slave." The passing king.”
Li Hong looked at the two people. Their faces were pale, and even the thin cyan capillaries could be seen clearly. She pursed her lips and gestured to the two of them to open the door and go in.
"I hope the king will forgive me. This... slave cannot be the master..." said the eunuch on the left.
Li Hong squeezed Yiyang's little hand hard. Yiyang looked down at him and saw Li Hong's other hand reaching into his arms, taking out a dagger and throwing it back: "Mang Zhong, kill him." he."
The child-like voice was filled with murderous intent and ferocity, and the dagger was held in Mang Zhong's hand with a "pop": "If the Queen blames you, I will take responsibility for it."
A hint of murderous intent flashed in Mangzhong's eyes, and he silently drew out his dagger and took a step forward. The dagger in his hand passed through a beam of light at the door, reflecting a murderous light.
"Don't be upset on behalf of the king, just leave these blind servants to your servants." A voice came out from around the corner and said hurriedly.
Apparently, Mangzhong did not stop what he was saying. His moves remained unchanged, and the dagger in his hand was pointed directly at the eunuch's heart.
Li Hong squinted his eyes and said nothing, and did not look at the person who had just spoken. His eyes were fixed on the dagger in Mang Zhong's hand from beginning to end.
"Humph." A muffled groan came from the mouth of the eunuch in front, and then he slowly fell down.
"Your Majesty... this slave deserves to die." The eunuch who emerged from the corner sped up and ran to Li Hong, kneeling down and saying.
Yiyang could hardly stand. If Li Hong hadn't been holding her hand tightly, she would have turned around and ran away, or else she would have fallen down.
The Li Hong just now seemed to be a completely different person from the Li Hong who usually played and learned from them, killing decisively and fiercely. Yiyang couldn't believe that the person holding her beautiful hand in front of her was the cute and hateful Lao Wu who usually teased them. It was simply... the Lao Wu in front of her now was more like a little Shura-like existence.
"Open the door." Li Hong did not look at the eunuch who blocked him, but looked directly at the other eunuch at the door and said calmly.
The eunuch at the door was obviously frightened by Li Hong's fierceness, and his face became even paler. He groped for the key from the fallen eunuch with trembling hands, and hurriedly opened the door with trembling hands.
At this time, Li Hong did not go in directly. He first glanced at the eunuch who was still twitching on the ground and bleeding from his heart. Then he looked at the eunuch kneeling in front of him and said coldly: "Understand your own identities! You are just a member of the royal family." As a dog, don’t think that you can ignore the prince and princess because you have a good master behind you. Let me tell you, in the future, anyone who dares to be disrespectful to the prince or princess will be killed. "
The child-like cold voice startled Yiyang, especially the word "Go" at the end, which seemed to have kicked her in the heart of Yiyang, making her feel frightened.
"You two are guarding the door. No idlers are allowed in without my order!" After Li Hong finished speaking, he kicked away the eunuch kneeling in front of him and led Yiyang straight inside.
There were a few candles lit in the dim room, and the surrounding windows were sealed tightly, preventing any light from entering.
Li Hong held Yiyang's hand and as soon as he stepped into the door behind the screen, he saw a figure rushing toward them.
"Ah..." Yiyang and Li Hong screamed in fright, and each took a step back.
The two of them were still in shock, and before they could see clearly what was happening in front of them, Mang Zhong and Xia Zhi had already rushed to the two of them, guarding them tightly behind them, looking nervously and vigilantly in front of them.
Li Hong's little hands were also sweating. He was frightened by Yiyang's surprise, not because of the figure in front of him just now.
He's so scary, he'll kill you if you scare him. He raised his head and glanced accusingly at Yiyang, who had been like a frightened bird since he entered the alley at the entrance, and said angrily: "Don't be so surprised, okay? People can be scared to death if you scare them."
Yiyang glanced at Li Hong in horror. At this moment, Li Hong was the Li Hong he knew, no longer like the Shura at the door just now.
Li Hong stretched out his hand to pull away Mangzhong and Xia Zhi in front of him, and said softly: "You guys can go out."
The two of them remained silent and glanced at the ground, then glanced at the room, and looked at Li Hong hesitantly.
"It's okay, nothing will happen. You can go out." Li Hong said again.
Li Hong knew that Mang Zhong and Xia Zhi were afraid that Concubine Xiao Shu would do something bad to him, so they hesitated to go out.
"Yes, Dai Wang." Mang Zhong and Xia Zhi hesitated for a while, and finally walked out.
"Concubine, thank you Hong'er." A voice sounded in front of Li Hong and Yiyang.
Yiyang was startled by the familiar voice. His eyes that were looking at Mang Zhong and Xia Zhi who were walking out hurriedly turned around, only to see that there was no one in front of him. When he looked down, after getting used to the dim light in the room, he saw only his own eyes. The mother-in-law was kneeling on the ground with her hair disheveled.
"Concubine..." Yiyang knelt down in front of Concubine Xiao Shu. Looking at the pale and silent concubine, Yiyang began to cry while hugging her.
"Silly boy, why are you crying? How do you behave in front of your imperial brother? Get up quickly." Concubine Xiao Shu held Yiyang in her arms, tears falling like rain from her beautiful eyes.
Li Hong took a look and walked to the door first. At this time, in addition to Mang Zhong and Xia Zhi, the eunuch who blocked him just now and another eunuch were also there. However, the dead eunuch at the door had been carried away, and there were very few blood stains on the ground. time to be wiped clean.
"What's your name?" Li Hong asked, looking at the eunuch who stopped him with a half-smile.
"King Huida, I am a slave and a slave." The eunuch said respectfully.
"Within one stick of incense, I removed all the shields on the windows in the house." Li Hong stared at him and said, it seemed that if Lian Tie dared to say no, Li Hong would kill him.
"Yes, I will take care of it now." Lian Tie said respectfully. After saying that, he saluted respectfully to Li Hong, and then immediately left to remove the cover on the window.
"The King... Isn't this good? The Queen..."
"It doesn't matter, this old guy dares to stop me from doing anything because he thinks his mother is protecting him!"
"Li Hong, my concubine, please come in." Yiyang's eyes were crying like two peaches, and he ran out and said.
(End of chapter)