Ye Wanhe touched her belly and said, "I'm pregnant. If I leave the Eastern Palace rashly, I'm afraid my mother will..."
Zhao Yun said, "Go out through the secret passage after dark, and Mother won't know."
Ye Wanhe said, "Secret passage? There is a secret passage in the East Palace."
Zhao Yun whispered in Ye Wanhe's ear, "This secret has always been known only to Your Majesty. I am your father's only child, so he told me this. I am telling you today, and you are not to tell anyone else. Do you understand?"
Ye Wanhe snuggled in Zhao Yun's arms and said, "Your Highness and I are husband and wife, so naturally we won't tell anyone else."
It was getting dark.
Zhao Yun took Ye Wanhe to the bedroom. After entering the bedroom, he moved the bookshelf away and found a secret door inside.
Zhao Yun knocked a few times, three long and two short, and a respectful guard came to open the door.
When the ground guard saw Ye Wanhe, he was stunned for a moment, then he knelt down and saluted Zhao Yun who was beside Ye Wanhe.
Ye Wanhe was also stunned when she saw the red mole between the eyebrows of the earth guard who appeared in front of her. The reason was simple: she knew the young eunuch in front of her.
When she first entered the palace, she was very young and lived in the lowest courtyard of the Shanggong Bureau. In a small house next to that lowest courtyard, there lived several deaf and mute eunuchs.
At that time, Ye Wanhe didn't know why there were deaf and mute eunuchs in the palace. They were probably about six or seven years old.
Ye Wanhe, the young eunuch with a red mole between her eyebrows, was deeply impressed because she had just made a beautiful necklace for herself at that time and the young eunuch had been staring at her necklace.
At that time, Ye Wanhe gave her necklace to the young eunuch.
Then one day all these deaf and dumb eunuchs disappeared.
For the young palace maids who had just entered the palace, the memories were always fresh, so Ye Wanhe has never forgotten those deaf and mute eunuchs who suddenly disappeared.
Ye Wanhe looked down and saw the knotted silk thread tied by her on the waist of the guard in front of her. The knotting technique was special and there were probably not many people in the palace who could do it.
Even Ye Wanhe's skills are now rusty.
Zhao Yun said to Ye Wanhe, "This is the Underground Guard. They live in the tunnels all year round and only obey me and my father. They are deaf and mute. His name is Ah Hong. He is the leader of the Underground Guard and can read lips."
Zhao Yun then said to the ground guard: "This is the Crown Princess, and also your master."
Ah Hong knelt down respectfully in front of Ye Wanhe.
Ye Wanhe smiled at Ah Hong and said, "Get up."
Ah Hong looked at Ye Wanhe's faint smile and took a while to look away.
Ye Wanhe said to Zhao Yun, "Your Highness, isn't it pitiful that they have been living underground all this time?"
Zhao Yun said, "If they didn't live here, they would have already lost their lives. Besides, they can serve Your Majesty. Why should they be pitied?"
Ye Wanhe also felt that the word "pitiful" she had just used was quite ridiculous. Which servant in the palace was not pitiful?
We were all slaves, so what difference did it make between being above ground and being underground? It was better to be underground. At least there was no need to worry about being with the king like a tiger, nor did it mean that one would lose their very origins...
Ye Wanhe looked at the underground passage, which looked more like an underground palace. This place must have been built by the founding emperor Taizu to avoid the war when the palace was being built.
This place is magnificent and surpasses many other residences.
When you reach the exit, you will see Tao Gong Villa where Ye Wanhe lived before.
Ye Wanhe had lived here for a long time and had no idea there was a tunnel.
Zhao Yun put a veil on Ye Wanhe, and then found the guards in Tao Gong's villa before going out to the street together.
Ye Wanhe went up to Zhuque Street and looked at the brightly lit streets. Girls were walking around the streets wearing the most fashionable new clothes. The stalls today were selling things that girls liked.
The Qixi Festival in Chang'an City is much more lively than the Qixi Festival in Yongxing City.
Zhao Yun took Ye Wanhe on a cruise ship. After all, Ye Wanhe was pregnant and it was not appropriate for her to be in a crowded place.
Ye Wanhe was on a cruise ship and saw many women carving melon lanterns and releasing them into the river, which also aroused her interest.
Zhao Yun ordered the boatman to dock the boat and buy a melon.
When the cruise ship docked, you could see crowds of tourists on both sides.
When Ye Wanhe and Zhao Yun were whispering with their heads down, she felt that someone on the bridge was staring at her. She looked up and saw that it was Su Zhan. Xu Mengqi beside him was smiling brightly.
After Su Zhan met Ye Wanhe's gaze, he turned and smiled at Xu Mengqi, then looked at Ye Wanhe again and bowed slightly as a greeting.
Xu Mengqi, who was on the bridge, also saw the two people on the boat and said, "Your Highness is so kind to the Crown Princess. He brought her out of the palace to celebrate the Qixi Festival even though she was pregnant."
Su Zhan nodded and said, "Yeah."
On the boat, Zhao Yun followed Ye Wanhe's gaze, frowned, reached out and pinched Ye Wanhe's chin, forcing Ye Wanhe to look at him, "He is now the son-in-law of the Xu family."
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