Yi Yang looked nervous, and stealthily peeked out from behind the flowers, revealing his beautiful, fair and tender face. He looked around, and after making sure that no one was around, he skipped over to Li Hong.
"My mother asks you to come over." Yi Yang whispered in Li Hong's ear.
"Please?" Li Hong avoided Yi Yang's red lips that were almost touching his ears, and asked in surprise.
Yi Yang nodded seriously and continued, "My mother said a few days ago that if she was placed in the deep palace, she would immediately invite you over. She also specifically told me to use the word 'please'. I went to look for you just now, but you weren't there. I knew you went to your mother's place, so I didn't dare to go over, so I waited for you here."
Li Hong nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that Concubine Xiao Shu was not stupid. She knew that once her mother was made queen by her father, her situation would be extremely dangerous.
Yi Yang looked at Li Hong who was obviously distracted, and anxiously pulled Li Hong's clothes and urged him, "Are you going or not? My mother is still waiting for my reply."
"Go, can you not go?" Li Hong glanced at Yi Yang, his expression anxious and deeply uneasy. He took a long breath and asked, "Do you know where Concubine Xiao's mother was placed?"
Li Hong asked Yi Yang this because he wanted to know what escape route Xiao Shufei had left for him. Besides Yi Yang, was there any other escape route? Although he knew where Xiao Shufei was now, he still wanted to ask Yi Yang.
Yi Yang nodded, looked around like a thief, stretched out his slender jade fingers to hook Li Hong's head over, and tried to whisper in his ear.
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"You are stupid. Since you knew we were going there now, why did you tell me secretly? Don't you want to go with us?" Li Hong said impatiently.
"Of course I followed you, but if I didn't tell you, how would you know?" Yi Yang said confidently.
Li Hong was so angry that he wanted to curse his mother. He sighed and said, "Sister, just take me there. Do you think it is necessary to tell me here first?"
"Oh, that's right. Then come with me." Yi Yang was indeed a bit stupid. He looked at Mangzhong and Xiazhi who were standing silently behind Li Hong, pouted his lips, turned around and walked in front of Li Hong to the deep palace.
The four of them walked into the deep palace in silence. When they passed Queen Wang's residence, they could still vaguely see the bloodstains left on the wall last night. The whole palace seemed quiet and lifeless.
The flowers and plants outside the palace were also trampled into a mess. Some flowers that were not completely trampled and withered by humans were still standing stubbornly under the sunlight, as if they were about to regain their yesterday's splendor.
The deeper you go, the fewer people there are. Only the cicadas hidden in the tall trees are chirping tirelessly. The buildings here have obviously not been renovated since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the overall appearance is desolate and shabby.
Mottled palace walls, roosting crows, the occasional sound of broken wind chimes in the breeze, yellowed windows, lonely door lintels, and a bluestone road as quiet as death, with weeds growing on both sides.
Although the sun is shining at its zenith, there is a strange sense of horror, loneliness and coldness flowing in the sultry air.
Yi Yang shuddered involuntarily, her rosy face looked a little pale, and she looked at Li Hong behind her. Li Hong took a step forward without saying a word, stretched out his little hand to hold her jade hand, and said softly, "Let's go."
In a secluded place in the distance, heads flickered in and out, and it was obvious that someone was secretly watching this place.
Walking through the long corridor under the shadow of the sun, the temperature seemed to have dropped several degrees, and Yiyang's cold little hand was held by Li Hong. After passing through the corridor, a narrower alley appeared in front of the four people.
Yi Yang was a little scared, his steps slowed down, and he was afraid to go forward. Standing at the door were two eunuchs whose complexions were not as white as those of normal people. When they saw Li Hong and Yi Yang coming, they immediately looked at them with eagle-like sharp eyes.
"Ah..." Yi Yang screamed in fright.
Li Hong held her hand and continued to walk forward firmly. The two eunuchs at the door obviously knew Li Hong. When they saw Li Hong approaching without hesitation, they looked at each other and saluted hurriedly, saying, "This servant greets the King of Dai."
Li Hong looked at the two people. Their faces were so pale that even the thin blue capillaries could be clearly seen. He pouted his lips and motioned for them to open the door so that he could go in.
"I hope the king will forgive me. This...I cannot make the decision..." said the eunuch on the left.
Li Hong squeezed Yi Yang's hand tightly. Yi Yang looked down at him and saw Li Hong put his other hand into his arms, took out a dagger and threw it back casually: "Mang Zhong, kill him."
The childlike voice was filled with seven parts of murderous intent and three parts of ruthlessness. "Snap" the dagger was held in Mangzhong's hand: "If the Queen Mother blames you, I will bear the consequences."
A trace of murderous intent flashed in Mangzhong's eyes. He silently drew out the dagger and took a step forward. The dagger in his hand passed through a beam of light at the door, reflecting a murderous light.
"Don't be angry, Prince Dai. Just leave these ignorant servants to me." A voice flashed out from the corner and said hurriedly.
Mangzhong obviously did not stop his actions because of his words. His moves remained unchanged, and the dagger in his hand was pointing directly at the eunuch's heart.
Li Hong squinted his eyes and said nothing, nor did he look at the person who had just spoken. His eyes were fixed on the dagger in Mangzhong's hand from beginning to end.
"Hmph." A muffled groan came from the eunuch in front, and then his body slowly fell down.
"Prince Dai...I deserve to die." The eunuch who appeared from the corner quickened his pace, ran to Li Hong, knelt down and said.
Yi Yang was almost unable to stand. If Li Hong had not been holding her hand tightly, she would have turned around and run, or she would have collapsed.
The Li Hong just now seemed to be a completely different person from the Li Hong who usually played and learned with them. He was decisive and fierce. Yiyang couldn't believe that the person holding her jade hand was the cute and hateful Lao Wu who always teased them. It was simply... The Lao Wu in front of him now was more like a little Shura.
"Open the door." Li Hong did not look at the eunuch who was blocking him, but looked directly at the other eunuch at the door and said lightly.
The eunuch at the door was obviously frightened by Li Hong's ruthlessness. His face turned even paler. He trembled as he fumbled for the key from the fallen eunuch and hurriedly opened the door with shaking hands.
At this time, Li Hong did not go in directly. He first glanced at the eunuch who was still twitching on the ground with blood in his heart, and then looked at the eunuch kneeling in front of him. He said coldly: "Understand your own identity! You are just a dog of the royal family. Don't think that you can ignore the prince and princess just because you have a good master behind you to support you. I tell you, in the future in the palace, whoever dares to disrespect the prince and princess will be killed! Get out."
The childlike cold voice frightened Yi Yang, especially the last word "get out", which seemed to kick her heart and made her feel frightened.
"You two stand guard at the door. No outsiders are allowed to come in without my order!" After Li Hong finished speaking, he kicked away the eunuch kneeling in front of him and led Yi Yang straight inside.
There were a few candles lit in the dim room, and the windows all around were sealed tightly, not allowing any light to come in.
Li Hong held Yi Yang's hand and just stepped into the door behind the screen, he saw a figure rushing towards them.
"Ah..." Yi Yang and Li Hong screamed in fright and quickly took a step back.
The two men were still in shock and had not yet seen clearly what was happening in front of them. Mangzhong and Xiazhi had already rushed to them, protecting them behind them, and looking at the scene nervously and vigilantly.
Li Hong's hands were also sweating. He was frightened by Yi Yang's sudden startle, not because of the figure in front of him.
This is too scary, it can kill people if you scare them, okay? He looked up at Yi Yang, who had been like a frightened bird since he entered the alley, and said unhappily, "Don't be so scared, okay? It can kill people if you scare them."
Yi Yang looked at Li Hong in horror. The Li Hong at this moment was the Li Hong he knew. He was no longer the Shura who appeared at the door just now.
Li Hong stretched out his hand and pulled apart the Mangzhong and Xiazhi in front of him, and said softly, "You guys go out."
The two men were silent. They glanced at the ground, then glanced around the room and looked at Li Hong hesitantly.
"It's okay, nothing will happen, you can go out." Li Hong said again.
Li Hong knew that during Grain in Ear and Summer Solstice he was afraid that Concubine Xiao Shu would do something bad to him, so he hesitated whether to go out or not.
"Yes, King Dai." Mangzhong and Xiazhi hesitated for a moment, but finally walked out.
"Mother thanks Hong'er." A voice sounded in front of Li Hong and Yi Yang.
Yi Yang was startled by the familiar voice. He turned his eyes quickly from looking at Mangzhong and Xiazhi who were walking out, but found no one in front of him. He lowered his head, and after adapting to the dim light in the room, he saw his mother kneeling on the ground with disheveled hair.
"Mother..." Yi Yang knelt down in front of Concubine Xiao Shufei. Looking at his mother who had a pale face and a silent and miserable smile, Yi Yang hugged her and started crying.
"Silly child, why are you crying? How can you behave in front of your royal brother? Get up quickly." Concubine Xiao Shu hugged Yi Yang, tears streaming from her beautiful eyes.
Li Hong took a look and walked to the door first. At this time, in addition to Mangzhong and Xiazhi, the eunuch who had just stopped him and another eunuch were still at the door. However, the dead eunuch at the door had been carried away, and the bloodstains on the ground were wiped clean in a very short time.
"What's your name?" Li Hong asked with a smile as he looked at the eunuch who was blocking him.
"Replying to King Dai, I am Liantie," the eunuch said respectfully.
"It will take one stick of incense to remove all the coverings on the windows in the house." Li Hong stared at him and said, it seemed that if Lian Tie dared to say no, Li Hong would kill him.
"Yes, I'll do it right away." Lian Tie said respectfully. After that, she bowed respectfully to Li Hong and immediately left to remove the window covering.
"Prince Dai... this is not good, the Queen..."
"It doesn't matter. This old man thinks that he has the Queen Mother's protection, so he dares to stop me from doing things!"
"Li Hong, your mother asks you to come in." Yi Yang's eyes were swollen like two peaches as he cried, and he ran out sobbing and said.
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