Li Huaiyu took a detour to Mingshan Palace based on his memory.
The moonlight was silent, adding a layer of gloom to the already deserted place. She stepped on the withered grass on the ground and gently pushed open the door of the inner palace.
Emperors of all dynasties would have a secret room to store important objects and documents, and Mingshan Palace is the secret room of Emperor Xiao.
When his father was dying, he told her that when Huai Lin was fifteen years old and able to be independent, she could come here to find what he left behind.
On February 20th of the eighth year of Daxing, Li Huailin turned fifteen years old, and she also came here as promised, and opened the mechanism with full expectation, thinking that her father must have left some treasures for them.
Unfortunately, Mingshan Palace has no treasures, but only a secret that she cannot bear.
Li Huaiyu couldn't accept it at the time, and went back to Feiyun Palace in a daze after watching it, forgetting to take it away or destroy it. Later, Sima Xu day, she was imprisoned and never had the chance to come here again.
Now standing in front of the bookshelf in this side hall with a different look, Huai Yu thought, after this matter is done, she can be completely at ease as Bai Zhuji.
"Crack!" The mechanism on the bookshelf was twisted, and there was a light sound, and then the entire wall was disconnected from the middle and retreated to the sides.
Thinking of Jiang Xuanjin who was still waiting at the rockery, Huaiyu pursed her lips, and smiled as she walked in, already thinking about how she would tease this drunk man later.
However, when he raised his head and glanced into the secret room, Huaiyu's smile froze on his face.
Candles were burning in the secret room, and Liu Yunlie, who was dressed in a vine green and embroidered robe, stood in front of the desk ten steps away from her. Holding a fold of bright yellow documents in his hand, he looked at her in shock, as if he had been greatly frightened.
His heart sank, and a chill came up from his ankles, freezing Li Huaiyu to the ground, and he almost couldn't stand still.
"How will you be here?!"
Subconsciously yelling this sentence, Huaiyu felt that something was wrong, so she hurriedly turned around and wanted to run away.
"Stop!" Liu Yunlie stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, and quickly pressed the mechanism next to him, closing the door of the secret room again.
The last gust of wind that slipped in flickered the candle that was burning on the table.
"Who the hell are you?!" He scolded. The strength in his hands was so great that his voice trembled a little, obviously he was also quite shocked.
Huaiyu's whole body was stiff, she looked at the person in front of her without blinking her eyes, and said after a while, "Lord Liu doesn't even know me?"
How could he not recognize her? Every time he saw her, he would feel uncomfortable all over. He thought it was the sequelae of the fight last time, but now he saw that it was not the case.
"Bai Zhuji..." Liu Yunlie murmured and repeated her name, trying to suppress her struggle.
He had checked Bai Zhuji, and before he regained his sanity, this person had no friendship with anyone outside the residence. It was already strange to know Lu Jingxing all of a sudden, but now he is here.
Apart from him and His Majesty, only the eldest princess knows about it.
Li Huaiyu felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and he twisted his wrist to break away from him, but his strength was not as strong as his, so he could only lean against the wall and wait for the opportunity.
She had fought him before, and she knew very well in her heart that if he really let him fight freely, Bai Zhuji's body would definitely not be her opponent.
Dispelled the killing intent in my heart. Li Huaiyu rolled his eyes and gave up struggling: "Master Liu, what are you doing?"
"You still want to pretend?" Liu Yunlie came back to his senses, and pressed her against the wall with his elbows against her throat, and said fiercely, "Miss Bai's fourth year, she suddenly recovered from her stupidity in three years. Not only can she speak eloquently, but she also suddenly Learned martial arts. Lu Jingxing added a dowry to you, Xu Xian, Han Xiao, and Yun Lanqing gave you a seat at your natal banquet, and now you appear here again."
"Your Highness, my humble minister is far away."
Li Huaiyu was startled, turned his eyes away and said, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
The strength in his hand gradually increased, Liu Yunlie sneered: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you came here by yourself today. Since you like Mingshan Palace so much, why not just sleep here forever."
The neck was pressed hard enough to breathe, Huaiyu frowned in pain: "Wait... wait! You want me to die, at least let me die!"
After a pause, Liu Yunlie looked at her and slightly loosened his hands.
"I really don't know what Your Highness is." Given the opportunity, Huaiyu said hastily, "I just came here randomly..."
"And then opened the mechanism here?" Liu Yunlie roughly interrupted her lie, and squeezed her hand again, "If you just want to say these things, then I will send you off to Your Highness respectfully."
It doesn't work.
Liu Yunlie really planned to kill her, and he showed no mercy.
Li Huaiyu panicked, and while she could barely make a sound, she shouted with difficulty: "Liu... Liu Yan!"
Hearing his name, Liu Yunlie sneered: "His Highness is finally willing to admit it?"
Don't admit it when death is imminent? She is not stupid! Huaiyu nodded repeatedly, motioning for him to let go of her first.
Loosening his hand half an inch, Liu Yunlie said with sharp eyes: "So the strange behavior of Lord Ziyang for so long is because you are secretly bewitching!"
Taking two quick breaths, Li Huaiyu raised his eyes to look at him: "Who is Mr. Ziyang that I can confuse him? He is just doing what he thinks is right."
"Heh." Liu Yunlie shook his head, "Your Highness is modest, without your painstaking efforts to match up, how could he have found Qi Han so quickly."
Right now, Jiang Xuanjin's progress in reversing the case happens to be stuck with Qi Han, and Li Huaiyu almost thinks that Qi Han is the murderer behind the scenes. But now when she heard Liu Yunlie's words, she understood.
He is the one who hides the deepest.
His whole body was tense, Huaiyu lowered his eyes, and whispered weakly: "Anyway, I've already fallen into your hands, why don't you sit down and talk?"
"Don't dare." With his hand still on her throat, Liu Yunlie's eyes were deep, "The princess has learned a lot about her tricks, so we can talk about it, so let's talk about it."
Don't even give it a chance? Huaiyu's heart sank heavily.
Liu Yunlie seemed to have suspected her early in the morning, so now that he learned the truth, rather than being shocked, it was more like recalling and checking what he knew. One by one, she confirmed her identity one by one.
After a while, there was no panic in the eyes that fell on her face, and she became much calmer.
Seeing that he seemed to have nothing to ask, Li Huaiyu asked him, "Why do you know this place?"
When the father was dying, only she and Huai Lin were by his side, even Jiang Xuanjin was standing outside the hall, logically no one else would know about it, let alone Liu Yunlie was still a foreign minister.
The person in front of him seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "Your Highness already has the answer in his heart, so why bother to ask me?"
Apart from her, the only people who know about this place are...
Huailin.
He frowned deeply. Li Huaiyu shook his head: "It's impossible that he told you."
Not to mention that Huai Lin was only seven years old when his father died, so he doesn't necessarily remember it at all. Even if he remembered, there was no reason to tell Liu Yunlie.
This man is lying to her.
"Since Your Highness doesn't believe it, there's nothing I can do about it." Liu Yunlie half-closed his eyes, "I also have questions to ask Your Highness."
"You ask." Li Huaiyu was very sincere in order to buy more time to live: "I will answer whatever you ask!"
"How did you survive?" This is what Liu Yunlie wanted to know the most.
It is a saying passed down by the ancestors that a person cannot be resurrected after death, but why can this person in front of him be able to stand here and talk to him again through someone else's body after he is clearly dead
The eyelids drooped. Huaiyu said, "You won't believe me even if I tell you about this kind of thing."
"Let's talk."
Ordinary nonsense lies can no longer pass Liu Yunlie's ears, Huaiyu thought about it seriously, and suddenly had an idea.
"I got a treasure before I was alive, which can retain people's souls and bring them back to life." Lowering her voice, she said, "It's all because of that treasure that I have the chance to come back."
treasure? Liu Yunlie looked at her coldly: "You want to fool me?"
"No, no!" Li Huaiyu stomped his feet, "I really didn't lie to you! Do you remember that the Eastern Jin Dynasty visited the Northern Wei Dynasty in the fourth year of Daxing? Among the treasures presented by Lord Baihua, there was a strangely shaped jade pendant! I didn't know its purpose at the time, but After I died, my soul was sucked by it, and then Miss Bai Si drowned to death, and I went to her body."
Anyway, no one else died, so who can tell the truth of what she said
The living facts were before his eyes, Liu Yunlie had to believe it if he didn't believe it, a strange light flashed in his eyes.
"Where is that jade pendant now?"
People are afraid of death, and the more power-hungry people are, the more afraid they are. Longevity and resurrection are treasures that are hard to find.
Seeing the vitality, Huaiyu finally smiled: "My lord, my life is in your hands now. You really killed me, and I have to rely on that treasure to live again. How can I tell you its whereabouts?"
Lived once, can live again? If you get that thing, won't you never die
Liu Yunlie frowned, and half closed his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.
"Actually, I'm living this time. I just want to clear my grievances." Huaiyu sighed, "Do you think I have harmed anyone? Those who were imprisoned and convicted, which one did not suffer retribution? You didn't If you need to kill me, when the case is over, I will stay by Jiang Xuanjin's side obediently, and will not hinder you any more."
"You still want to go back to him?" Liu Yunlie sneered, "Tell him to know your identity, do you think you can still live?"
In the past, my greatest enemy had returned from the corpse and became his wife, plotting, using, and loving him. It's all about reversing the case for yourself.
If Jiang Xuanjin knew about this...
His eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly let go of her.
"Cough cough cough!" The pressure on the neck was gone, Huaiyu bent down and coughed.
"Make a deal." Liu Yunlie said, "I'll let you go, you give me that treasure."
Cursing her lips secretly, Huaiyu said: "My lord keeps his word?"
"The mechanism is right next to you, you can open the door and go out now." Liu Yunlie said, "But if I can't find the jade pendant, I will definitely expose your identity and let you be given poisoned wine again."
How can it be? Once she goes out, the old case will be overturned, and the charges will be eliminated. Huai Lin knew her identity, and it was too late to be happy, so why would he give poisoned wine
Secretly pursing his lips, Li Huaiyu stood up straight and said: "I'll leave here first, and when it's safe, I'll have someone deliver the jade pendant to your lord."
Liu Yunlie stood with his hands behind his back, watching her touch the trap on the wall, and said meaningfully: "Life is hard-won, Your Highness should cherish it, don't play any more tricks."
"My lord, don't worry." The wall was cracked, and the clear wind was blowing in from outside. Huaiyu took a deep breath, and walked out calmly, holding her skirt.
Mingshan Palace was still very quiet, but the banquet in the Xiyue Palace in the distance seemed to have broken up, and the lively sound from before had disappeared.
His hands trembled a little, his steps were a little vain, Li Huaiyu didn't dare to look back at all, he walked faster and faster, and as soon as he got out of Mingshan Palace, he ran wildly like his life.
It was like a nightmare. No, she never dreamed that she would see Liu Yunlie in the secret room! What should we do now? Knowing her identity, Liu Yunlie might tell Jiang Xuanjin at any time, and then everything would be over.
He let her go today just because he wanted the treasure, so what happens after the treasure is given to him? Her secret was in his hands, and he was the one who always wanted her to die. It was self-evident what the ending would be.
Liu Yunlie cannot be allowed to live.
Realizing this, her mind raced quickly.
Returning to Mingshan Palace along the palace road, Huaiyu restrained her expression and wanted to pick up Jiang Xuanjin who was waiting for her on the rockery.
However, she seemed to have delayed for too long, the palace banquet was over, and there was no one on the rockery.
Feeling a little flustered, she stopped the passerby and asked, "Did you see Mr. Ziyang?"
Coincidentally, when the person turned around, it was Yun Lanqing. He looked at her in surprise: "Madam Jun? Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time, and you always refused to leave here. But he He was so drunk that several Jiang adults took him back to his residence."
Seeing him, Huaiyu's eyes were extremely complicated, she clenched her fists and opened her mouth to say something, but swallowed it back.
Looking at her expression, Yun Lanqing's eyes darkened slightly: "I've always wanted to ask Madam a question."
"How did Madam know that there is a problem with the Luohua River embankment?"
Confused, Huaiyu didn't even have the strength to go around with him, and said with a blank face, "Do you also suspect that I am Danyang?"
Such a direct sentence made Yun Lanqing dumbfounded.
"I don't have time to tell you too much right now." Huaiyu lowered her eyes, her voice trembling, "Lan Qing, please tell Lu Jingxing for me, let Jiuwu and the others get ready, I have someone to kill."
I have someone to kill.
This arrogant and arrogant tone brought Yun Lanqing back to the Feiyun Palace half a year ago, and suddenly saw the man in the palace attire who was not sitting at all, and crossed his legs and said to them:
"Come to work adults, catch a moth, find a way to kill him."
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"Your Highness?" Yun Lanqing tentatively called out to the person in front of her, with surprise and suspicion in her eyes.
Huaiyu nodded, and squatted on the ground as soon as his legs softened: "You do as I... do as I say."
Han Xiao at the back was looking for someone, came over and saw his back, and shouted carelessly: "Lan Qing, I've been looking for you for a long time..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Bai Zhuji who was blocked by his back.
"Hey, why is Mrs. Jun here?" Han Xiao was surprised, "People from the Jiang family are looking for you everywhere."
Huaiyu looked at him helplessly, she had no strength to explain anymore, she shook her head and stood up on her knees, just about to turn around and leave, when she saw Liu Yunlie who was coming back.
Suffocating for breath, she turned her eyes away and froze in place, not daring to move at all.
"What's wrong?" Han Xiao didn't know anything, looked at her curiously and said, "Mrs. Jun is also drunk? Her face is so ugly."
Liu Yunlie walked over step by step, with a half-smile on his face, stood still not far from them, cupped his hands and said, "Sirs, are you leaving now?"
Yun Lanqing sensed Li Huaiyu's uneasiness, took two steps forward to protect her behind her, and bowed her hands in return: "The palace banquet is over."
"Then everyone go slowly." Liu Yunlie raised his eyes, looked at the person behind Yun Lanqing, and said with a light smile, "Mrs. Jun also go slowly."
After finishing speaking, he continued to go to the Palace of Joy with his hands behind his back.
Han Xiao looked at his back with a frown, and muttered, "Why is this man acting weird today?"
Yun Lanqing turned her head, looked at Huaiyu and asked, "Did something happen?"
Huaiyu shook his head and said softly: "Excuse me, can you give me a ride?"
"Okay." Yun Lanqing agreed without even thinking about it.
Han Xiao was stunned: "This... Lan Qing, are you okay?"
Hasn't he always been nosy
Pulling him over, Yun Lanqing said: "I'll explain to you when I have time, first send the palace... first send Mrs. Jun back to Jiangfu."
Look at his serious expression. Han Xiao also knew that there was a reason for the incident, so he hurriedly followed Madam Jun with him, without asking any further questions.
Back in Moju, Huaiyu went to Qingsi first, and said in a low voice, "I need your help with something."
Seeing her pale face, Qingsi was startled, looked her up and down, felt relieved when she saw that there was no injury, and nodded her head to signal her.
Going to find a random jade pendant in the makeup box, Huai Yu said: "I was discovered by Liu Yunlie, I have to kill him right now, you take this to Lu Jingxing, he will arrange people for you."
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Qingsi's eyes turned cold, and when she heard the next task, she got up and put the jade pendant into her arms.
"Be careful." Huaiyu warned.
"You'd better go and see Your Majesty first." Qingsi curtseyed and left such a sentence before leaving.
What happened to Jiang Xuanjin? Huaiyu collected herself, left the wing room and walked towards the main building.
The main building was quiet, Chengxu and Yufeng stood outside the door and dared not go in, as soon as they saw her coming. The two immediately pushed the door open and motioned her to go in quickly.
Anticipating that the man would be difficult to deal with when he was drunk, Huaiyu was already ready to coax him to sleep.
However, when he entered the door and raised his eyes, the person sitting in the room had clear eyes, and he had already sobered up.
"Where did you go?" he asked coldly.
With a jump in his heart, Li Huaiyu rushed to meet him, sat in front of him and said, "I'm lost. I wanted to pour you tea, but I lost my way as I was walking. It was Mr. Yun and Mr. Han who bumped into me and sent me away. back."
Staring at her with pitch-black eyes motionless, Jiang Xuanjin said, "You lied to me again."
His whole body tensed, Huaiyu thought he had discovered something, and the blood on his lips disappeared completely.
However, what the man continued to say was: "I have been waiting for you at the rockery for half an hour, and if you just say you are lost, that's enough?"
After being stunned for a moment, Huaiyu laughed: "You mean this?"
"Do you have anything else to lie to me?" Jiang Xuanjin raised her eyebrows.
"No!" Huaiyu quickly took his hand and said softly. "How could I lie to you? I didn't mean to get lost. Don't be angry, okay?"
Jiang Xuanjin was very unhappy, with a gloomy face, just looking at her like that.
Having just experienced a heart-pounding narrow escape, seeing him again now, Huaiyu felt a little sore, she threw her arms around his waist and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't be angry..."
It sounded like I was about to cry.
Jiang Xuanjin was startled, and felt her body trembling slightly, and the anger in her heart disappeared immediately. He reached out to pat her on the back and said, "The bully is the one who cried first?"
"I didn't bully you." Huaiyu choked up.
"..." Holding her shoulders and lifting her head up, Jiang Xuanjin frowned and looked at her red eyes, "What happened?"
Huaiyu shook her head, wrapped her arms around his neck, and put her whole body into his arms, hugging him tightly.
"Shall we go out to Beijing for a while?" She asked in a low voice.
Jiang Xuanjin thought for a while, and said: "Qi Han will return to Beijing tomorrow, and I will take him to confront His Majesty. After the old case of Sima Xu is settled, I will ask Xie to take you out for a walk."
Huaiyu shook his head: "I want to leave immediately."
She had a bad premonition in her heart. If you can take Jiang Xuanjin out of the capital...
"No." He said, "I am the presiding judge of this case, and I cannot leave until the case is closed."
Tears welled up, Huaiyu stared at him blankly.
"Don't be willful." Jiang Xuanjin reached out to wipe her tears, "I have something I must do."
What he has to do is naturally much more important than her petty temper, Li Huaiyu nodded obediently, but tears fell more and more.
"Okay." He hugged her, changed her pajamas and removed her bun, and let her sit on the bed.
Huaiyu grabbed the quilt under her body and looked at him. He opened his mouth to ask something to reassure himself, but he was afraid of making him suspicious, so he could only lower his eyes and remain silent.
After the lights were turned off, as soon as Jiang Xuanjin lay down on the bed, the person beside him pressed up.
"Jiang Jie." She said softly, "I really like you."
Slightly taken aback, he turned away uncomfortably: "Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"
"I'm afraid you don't know clearly, so I must tell you." Huaiyu lowered her head to his forehead and said seriously, "I want to give birth to you a child." .”
The hand on her waist tightened suddenly, and the person under him moved, rolled over and pressed her against the pillow.
Stretching out his hand to caress the contours of his face, Huaiyu grinned: "You are so pretty, I want to peel and eat the sweetest oranges in the world for you."
I used to say this to tease him, and I just wanted to see him blushing with anger. But right now, what she said was sincere. If she could escape this catastrophe, she would definitely not lie to him again, and would definitely... peel him a big, sweet orange.
Jiang Xuanjin only thought she was glib, snorted lightly, lowered his head and bit her mouth, licked the tip of his tongue lightly, and said angrily, "You have clearly eaten the sweetest orange."
Otherwise why is she so sweet
Huaiyu laughed, hooked his waist and wrapped it around him.
In the middle of August, it started to rain in the middle of the night, and the pattering rain was blown into the main building by the wind, wet the clothes hanging on the screen.
Feeling the coolness of the autumn rain on the exposed skin, Huaiyu pulled up the quilt and shivered slightly.