She sat there, not daring to breathe loudly. After a while, she heard footsteps outside. There was more than one person running past her from above, and then running back. She heard the person with the duck voice curse something, and then said, "I clearly saw someone come in, how come he disappeared?"
Someone replied, "It's too chaotic here, and it's hard for me to chase her from above, but she should be right to go in here."
"Search for me! I can't believe a woman slipped away from under our noses."
The two men should have been, but before they could say anything else, Meng Qi only heard the sound of "whoosh, whoosh", followed by someone's "Ouch".
After a while, she heard what sounded like a fight, and then the sound became farther and farther away.
Meng Qi didn't dare move the wood, so she could only turn around and slowly feel her way forward. It felt like a tunnel, pitch dark. Though cold and dark, it was clean. She hadn't encountered anything strange, and the air was fresh and smelly. Meng Qi guessed there must be a ventilation hole somewhere.
A long, narrow passage led Meng Qi in only one direction. Half-bending, she walked cautiously. After about an incense stick's worth of time, a tiny glimmer of light appeared ahead. Meng Qi felt both excited and a little worried. She didn't know where she was, whether it was a deserted palace or one inhabited by humans.
But considering the distance he had run, he should still be within the West Six Palaces. Even if there were people there, they would probably be in the Rongyang Palace or where the eunuchs and palace maids lived.
She walked cautiously towards the faint light, and when she came out she found that it was actually a rockery covered with dead grass. The light she saw was the moonlight shining in obliquely.
Meng Qi emerged from the rockery and found a small, abandoned courtyard. It contained only one main room and a shed nearby, which was filled with scattered items.
The door to the main room was gone. Meng Qi gently walked up the stairs. Bats flew out. Meng Qi walked in with her head tilted, looking around the room in the moonlight.
Within the curtains, long since tarnished and faded beyond recognition, spiderwebs accumulated, fingertip-sized spiders dotted everywhere. Meng Qi gently parted the webs with a branch she had just found from the rockery, revealing a dilapidated bed.
Meng Qi walked to the back window and could actually hear the sound of flowing water.
Where is this sound of water? Could it be the Imperial Garden?
That's impossible. The Imperial Garden is on the east side of the Imperial Palace. Even if she had wind-fire wheels, she couldn't get here.
Where was that? Where was the sound of running water? Meng Qi pondered carefully. Could it be the northwest corner? There was an inner canal running through the northwest corner of the palace, and the water from the Imperial Garden flowed out of the palace along this channel.
This should be near the west gate of the imperial palace, which is the gate through which the eunuchs and palace maids enter and exit, and also the gate through which supplies and water are transported to the palace.
Meng Qi walked out. She was really too tired, but she didn't dare to leave the yard. She simply sat down and thought about how to deal with it if she was discovered that she was not in Hanyuan.
No matter what, just don't get caught by those guys just now.
A few unknown birds flew out of the shed next to her because of her disturbance, and even made a few chirps.
Meng Qi thought about it and stood up, walked to the entrance of the rockery and sat down. It was safer here.
Just as Meng Qi was gently scratching with the wooden stick, a figure suddenly jumped down from the eaves. Meng Qi was startled and shrank back into the rockery.
The man stopped, looked around, and asked softly, "Is the princess here?"
Meng Qi was stunned at first, then seemed relieved, but still didn't dare to respond.
"I am here to pick up the princess..." After saying that, he said another sentence. Meng Qi felt her heartbeat returned to normal. What the man said was the code that Song Chengze told her.
She stood up from the fake mountain entrance. The man turned his head and looked at the eunuch dressed in clothes who walked out step by step, and asked softly, "Princess?"
"It's me." Meng Qi replied.
"This is not the place to talk. I'm sorry." After saying that, he stepped forward, grabbed Meng Qi under his arm, and leaped onto the roof. After a few jumps, he disappeared into the night.
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Yuan Dong's eyes were swollen from crying. She sat in the west room and looked out the back window at the backyard. "If something really happened to the princess, we wouldn't have to live anymore."
Wang Chenghai, squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, said dejectedly, "Who would have thought that I would be followed by more than one person?"
Yuan Dong wiped his eyes. "Nothing has happened in the past twenty days. The princess told me she was afraid they were watching from outside, and it turned out to be true. Did you say that person went after them?"
Wang Chenghai stood up and hummed, "He asked me to bring the things back. He was probably afraid that if those people couldn't find the princess, they would come back to search Lanxin Palace."
Yuan Dong clasped his hands together facing the northwest direction and muttered something.
Wang Chenghai thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, that person's martial arts skills are extremely high, the princess will be fine."
Yuan Dong rolled his eyes at Wang Chenghai, "Even with great martial arts skills, he can still be discovered."
Wang Chenghai choked for a moment, then said, "That's different. You also said that the princess said that they had sent several waves of people outside to watch. If they had been hiding in the dark long ago, even if that person was very skilled in martial arts, it would be impossible for them to search before going. And since that person is in the palace, he must have another identity. How could they keep watching there all the time? In my opinion, the fact that he didn't get discovered is already very impressive."
Yuan Dong waved his hand, impatient to hear what Wang Chenghai said, "Let's just get ready."
Wang Chenghai was stunned at first, then understood Yuan Dong's intention. He hadn't been with Meng Qi long, and while he was loyal, that loyalty wasn't entirely due to Meng Qi's status, so he didn't feel he'd sworn to death. But he also knew that if anything happened to Meng Qi, he wouldn't survive, and would have to commit suicide. He absolutely couldn't let that become a weapon for others to attack Prince Rui.
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