Then came the respectful voices of two young eunuchs, "Understood, Master Li."
The little emperor raised his eyebrows and said to Xia Miaoyuan in a low voice, "It's the eunuchs who come to inspect every day. Let's hide for a while."
As he spoke, he pulled Xia Miaoyuan up and looked for a place to hide in the yard.
But this is the Yangxin Palace. In order to prevent assassins, there is not even a tree in the courtyard, and there is no suitable place to hide.
In a panic, the little emperor pulled Xia Miaoyuan towards the main hall. When they reached the door, he pushed it and the door opened.
The three of them quickly hid inside and closed the palace door.
Xia Miaoyuan had short calves, and the little emperor had just pulled him, causing his short legs to toss and turn, and his heart was still pounding.
She glanced at the little emperor in the darkness and couldn't help but complain, "What kind of emperor is this Dai Viet? He's even afraid of the eunuchs on patrol."
[There was a palace banquet going on, but he chose not to stay there properly to keep up appearances, but instead sneaked out to play. He's simply a naughty child.]
At this time, the three eunuchs who were on patrol had already held lanterns and pushed open the gate and came in.
"Master Li, we come to inspect the Yangxin Palace every day. I'm sure no one will sneak in." A young eunuch said flatteringly.
Manager Li raised his voice and said with a sense of pressure, "What do you know? The most unlikely place is the most likely. In short, as long as we are a day away, we can't be careless."
"Shitou, go check the main hall. Daluo, go check the side rooms."
The little emperor, Xia Miaoyuan and the other two could vaguely see the three eunuchs busying themselves in the courtyard through the window paper.
The manager, Li, stood in the courtyard holding a lantern, supervising his two subordinates, two young eunuchs named Shitou and Daluo, who obediently checked the doors and windows of the rooms.
At the same time, under the bed in the inner room, Yue Haoyun was lying on the ground, his hands gently stroking the bed board and bed rails.
Just now, he accidentally discovered that someone had carved a word under the bed rail.
He rubbed it carefully with his fingertips in the dark for a while, but unfortunately, he couldn't figure out what the word was.
However, he was sure that this word must have been carved by humans, and it was carved very sloppily.
The Hall of Mental Cultivation was always the residence of the emperor.
Yue Haoyun remembered that this bed was newly made when his father got married.
So, only my father has slept on this bed.
So, this character was most likely carved by my father.
It is very likely that this is a clue secretly left by my father under the surveillance of Zhu Ling and others.
Thinking of this, Yue Haoyun felt a burning sensation in his chest and his head felt a little dizzy.
He must see with his own eyes what this word means.
He wanted to open the tinder to take a look, but at this moment, there were people in the courtyard and in the main hall.
What if he opened the tinder and was discovered?
No, it can't be opened yet. He decided to wait and see after the people left.
At this time, in the courtyard.
Shitou walked to the main hall with a lantern. He used the lantern to illuminate the room and checked the doors and windows one by one.
When he checked the main hall door, he cried out in alarm, "Oh no! The lock on the hall door has been pried open!"
Upon hearing this, Manager Li and Daluo were so frightened that they hurriedly ran to the main hall door.
I saw that the copper lock of the palace door, which was originally locked, had been poked open and was hanging casually on the door.
Manager Li stammered, "Don't panic, both of you, go in and check it out."
As he spoke, he pushed his two men.
Shitou and Daluo were sweating profusely. Shitou said in a trembling voice, "Master Li, I'm scared! Could there be assassins hiding in here? Let's call the guards and see!"
Manager Li's hand holding the lantern was shaking uncontrollably, causing the shadow of the lantern to sway.
He frowned and kicked Shitou and Daluo hard on the butt.
He kicked the two young eunuchs in, and one of them staggered and fell to the ground.
At this time, in the main hall, the little emperor, Xia Miaoyuan, and Sang Qi were standing upright in the center of the main hall.
Just now, they heard the eunuchs talking inside the door and wanted to come in for inspection. They thought they couldn't hide away anyway, so they might as well face them openly.
At the same time, Yue Haoyun, who was hiding in the inner room, naturally heard the sound of the patrolling eunuchs coming in to inspect, and his heart tightened.
If a few eunuchs were responsible enough and insisted on going into the inner room to check after seeing the little emperor and his companions in the main hall, wouldn't they have been discovered?
If you do that, not only will you miss the clue, but you may also be caught.
By then, it would implicate the Second Prince and the others, and would also expose the truth that he had faked his death.
No, we must not let things get to that point.
Thinking of this, Yue Haoyun made up his mind and decided to take a gamble.
He quickly took out a tinder, opened it, and blew gently. The tinder immediately lit up, and the words engraved on the bed rail were illuminated. Yue Haoyun held his breath and looked at the words intently.
Then he quickly closed the lid and extinguished the fire.
Then he crawled out from under the bed.
Yue Haoyun had been practicing martial arts since he was young and was quite skilled. So when he crawled out from under the bed, he tried to make as little noise as possible.
The main hall and the inner room are separated by only one door.
The little emperor and Xia Miaoyuan had average hearing abilities and did not hear the noise made by Yue Haoyun.
But Sang Qi was a martial artist with excellent hearing. Even though the three eunuchs were making a lot of noise, she could still hear the rustling sounds coming from the inner room.
Sang Qi frowned and glanced into the inner room.
She was basically certain that Yue Haoyun was in the inner room at this moment.
In an instant, her heart began to beat wildly.
Looking at the main hall next to the gate, Shitou and Daluo were climbing up from the ground in a panic.
The two of them just fell and the lanterns went out.
They were both terrified to begin with, and now that there was no light, they were even more frightened.
The two men mustered up their courage and shouted, "Who's in there? Get out now!"
Manager Li stood outside the palace gate, stretching the lantern in his hand towards the inside.
With the light of the lantern, Shitou Daluo finally saw clearly that there were three figures in the main hall, two tall and one short.
"Ah!" The two men broke down in an instant and screamed at the top of their lungs.
The little emperor frowned and said coldly, "Shut your dog mouths, it's me!"
The young emperor originally wanted to introduce himself directly, let the three eunuchs know that it was him, quickly end this ridiculous scene, and try to minimize the misunderstanding to avoid being known by the empress dowager.
Unexpectedly, when the three eunuchs heard "It's me", instead of calming down, they made sharp explosions at the same time.
"Ah! Ghost!" Shitou hugged his head and turned to run out.
"It's the late emperor!" Daluo was so scared that he fell down again. Not only could he not stand up, but he also tripped the stone that wanted to run out.
Li, the steward outside the door, was also frightened and shouted, "Your Majesty, spare me! I didn't mean to disturb your peace!"
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