The wind rubbed the flowers, the moon floated on the hills and ravines, Fu Heng sat alone at the desk, the moonlight came in from the window, and shone on the gardenia ruby earrings in his palm.
The gems glittered with light, like her eyes, staring at him silently.
What Shen Bi said in the morning appeared in his ears: "Tomorrow, the Queen Mother will go to Yaowang Temple to add incense, most of the guards will be transferred away, and the guards in the palace will be slack. This is the only chance. If you really want to go away with her, it's just outside the Xizhimen Gate. Get the carriage ready for her..."
With a sigh, he clenched the earring in his hand as if he had made up his mind.
Coincidentally, in Yanxi Palace, Wei Yingluo was lying on the cold bed, slowly opening her palm, also laying a gardenia ruby earring in her palm.
In his ears, what Shen Bi said in the morning also sounded: "The Cangzhen Gate near the Yanxi Palace is the only way for the waterwheel to pass every day, and it is also your only chance."
After tossing and turning for a long time, Wei Yingluo finally sighed and sat up from the bed.
Is it her delusion? It seems to be very quiet tonight.
Yuan Chunwang was not there, and even Xiao Quanzi was nowhere to be seen. Wei Yingluo sat on the bed for a while, then got out of the bed lightly, and pushed open the door tentatively.
creak-
The door opened, and a ray of moonlight fell on her face through the crack of the door.
... Even the eunuchs on the night watch are not there, where have everyone gone
Whether it's to go out to Gonggong or lazy to go to bed, this seems to be a good opportunity for Wei Yingluo, and it is also her only chance.
An embroidered shoe stepped out from behind the door.
Then, all the way from the bedroom into the backyard.
In the courtyard, there are rockeries and rocks, exotic flowers and plants, but there is one thing that seems out of place - a large bucket.
Wei Yingluo didn't know where the bucket came from, just like she didn't know where the eunuch in the palace went.
"Mostly, it's Shen Bi's hands and feet." She murmured, then walked to the bucket, lifted the lid, and probed inside...
The next day was the day when the Queen Mother went out of the palace to pay homage to the Buddha.
Sizhu was sweet to the ear, and the piano sounded like a complaint. In the Baoyue Building, Shen Bi was dancing to the music. When bending down, he glanced at Hongli and saw that he was holding his cheek with one hand, and he was distracted. Although his eyes were looking at her, his heart was not I don't know where to fly.
"oops!"
Hongli came back to his senses, got up and walked towards Shen Bi who fell to the ground: "Why are you so careless, Li Yu, Imperial Physician Xuan!"
Li Yu snorted and left in a hurry.
"Why are you still absent-minded when dancing?" Hongli hugged Shen Bi on the couch, "I will accompany the Queen Mother to the Yaowang Temple later, if you hurt your foot, don't go anywhere, just stay in the Baoyuelou and stare blankly. ."
Seeing the anxious look on Shen Bi's face, he suddenly smiled, and reached out to scratch her nose.
"I'll stay, too." He smiled, "I'll stay with you in a daze, okay?"
Shen Bi stared at him for a while, then suddenly rolled down from the couch, knelt in front of him, and said with tears: "Your Majesty, I have something in my heart that I have kept for a long time, and I have never dared to report it, but Your Majesty treats his concubines so well. , If I don't tell the truth again, I really can't bear it!"
Hongli was stunned: "What do you want to say?"
Shen Bi pursed her lips, as if she had experienced a battle between heaven and man, she gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, Yingluo..."
The candle burns on the table, but it does not bring any temperature.
When Li Yu arrived in a hurry with the imperial doctor, what he saw was Hongli's frost-like face, so that the entire Baoyuelou entered winter ahead of schedule, and everyone was shivering with cold.
"Your Majesty!" Shen Bi suddenly shouted, and then limped after him, "Where are you going, you... You promised your concubine and concubine that you would not embarrass Yingluo!"
But Hongli didn't want to listen to her, so he walked out quickly and went to Yanxi Palace.
The Yanxi Palace was already empty.
Looking at the empty bed in front of him, Hongli suddenly said, "Li Yu."
"The servant is here!" Li Yu hurriedly stepped forward.
"Pass the decree." Hongli said coldly, "Block Shenwumen."
Li Yulen said: "The Empress Dowager is going to Yaowang Temple today. Now that the door is closed, it is inevitable that the Empress Dowager will be disturbed—"
Hongli: "Seal!"
Li Yu knelt down: "Hey!"
A donkey cart, driven by two little eunuchs, gradually approached Shenwumen.
There were several buckets on the car, covered by a large sheet of tarpaulin. The buckets were all the same. Their style was the same as the one in Wei Yingluo's courtyard.
A little eunuch yawned and said, "Every day at three o'clock, I have to go to Yuquan Mountain to transport water, all the way to the Forbidden City, it can make people tired and stupid! What is the difference between the water in the palace and Yuquan Mountain, isn't it all water? ?"
Another little eunuch bumped him with his elbow, signaling him to be cautious.
The little eunuch pursed his lips: "Yes, I know that the water used by the empress dowager is of course the best water in the world! Yuquan water is sweet and sweet, can it be compared to a well?"
While the two were chatting, the front wheel of the donkey cart passed the gate.
Rumbling, hooves sounded from far to near, Li Yu rode on a high-headed horse and pointed at the donkey cart from a distance: "Your Majesty, block Shenwu Gate—Quick! Stop that donkey cart!"
Even if the guards don't know him, they also know the clothes on him - it must be the Grand Duke in the palace, not to mention that there are so many palace guards behind him.
So the originally erected spears staggered forward and blocked the way of the donkey cart. The two little eunuchs were at a loss and stood in front of the donkey cart tremblingly.
Li Yu got off the horse and followed Yuan Chunwang beside him. Yuan Chunwang walked quickly to the donkey cart, his long and narrow phoenix eyes glanced at the half-human-high water bucket, and sneered: "The treasures in the palace have been stolen, so if you suspect it is hidden in the water cart, come here and take them all back! "
So under the surveillance of a mighty group of people, the donkey cart was escorted all the way to the front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Hongli was already waiting there.
Yuan Chunwang bowed his head and saluted: "Your Majesty, recover all the waterwheels."
Hongli trembled with anger and tried his best to calm down: "Li Yu!"
Li Yu waved his hand.
There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, Yuan Chunwang led the crowd to retreat, and only Hongli, Shen Bi, Li Yu, and four confidant guards who escorted the waterwheel were left.
"Your Majesty." Shen Bi hugged his arm and begged, "Yingluo has always been arrogant and arrogant, how can she keep the desolate Yanxi Palace, that loud pleading only asks me to save her life! I couldn't bear it, and I owed Master Fucha for saving my life, so I agreed to help them run away."
She just has the ability to confuse black and white with a few words.
"I was wrong, and Yingluo was also wrong." She looked innocent and beautiful in tears, and when she said it, she seemed to be thinking of others wholeheartedly, "Please look at your past relationship and spare her life, okay?"
But after listening to her words, Hongli would only be more angry, he threw Shen Bi away, walked quickly to the donkey cart, stretched out his hand to grab the tarpaulin, but was unable to lift it.
Li Yu said nervously, "Your Majesty?"
Every finger was shaking, Hongli took a deep breath: "Come on!"
Li Yu: "Hey."
Hongli took a half step back and closed his eyes.
In front of everyone's eyes, Li Yu lifted the tarpaulin and was about to open the lid of the bucket when the bucket shook twice and rolled down from the car.
The bucket rolled a few times on the ground, the lid opened, and a person rolled out of the bucket.
"You... you..." Li Yu pointed at the other party, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Hongli kept his eyes closed and couldn't bear to look. Until this time, he slowly opened his eyes. When he could see the face of the other party clearly, he was stunned and blurted out: "How could it be you?"