Chapter 81 Leaving the Palace
Liu Zhiyuan's beautiful eyes flickered, "Perhaps it's not that Concubine Chen is ill, but she knows Zhou Kang is here, so she came here to find something to hold against you."
Yan Ruyu's face was as gloomy as water. "It seems that there is someone unclean around me."
Zhou Kang came out of her room, and it was impossible for people outside to know unless there were people from Concubine Chen around her.
And they were her close palace maids and eunuchs.
Seeing that Yan Ruyu was already alert, Liu Zhiyuan lifted the hair by her ear and said no more.
Jin Fu walked in holding a night pearl, and Liu Zhiyuan asked her to put it on the table.
Yan Ruyu was thinking about how to cleanse the people around her. When she saw the night pearl, her unhappy mood finally improved.
All the candles in the room were extinguished, and the light emitted by the night pearl illuminated the room brighter than the candles.
"It's really beautiful. It's worthy of being the national treasure of Jiang country. It's so beautiful." Yan Ruyu exclaimed sincerely.
"Well, it's quite beautiful." Liu Zhiyuan was not interested.
Maybe the jewelry and diamonds I have seen before were too beautiful. There is no harm without comparison, so I actually think this night pearl is just average.
The glow is quite magical.
"The Emperor really dotes on you, to the point of gifting you with such a precious Night Pearl. By the way, now is the time for the Emperor to turn over the cards. Aren't you going back to Zining Palace?"
"No rush, he should be there very late tonight."
"Why?" Yan Ruyu asked.
Liu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I guessed."
Obviously didn't want to say more.
"By the way, has Zhou Kang left?" Liu Zhiyuan asked.
"Yeah, he was almost caught, why would he stay instead of leaving?"
"Where did you leave from?"
Yan Ruyu smiled mysteriously, "Want to know?"
Liu Zhiyuan nodded.
"Come with me."
Yan Ruyu stood up and walked behind the screen. Liu Zhiyuan followed her in confusion.
Yan Ruyu came to the end of the bed, reached out and pressed lightly at a certain position at the end of the bed. With a click, the floor under the bed moved to both sides, and a tunnel entrance appeared.
"Hmm, I left from here."
Liu Zhiyuan was stunned. "You...did you dig a secret passage out of the palace?"
Yan Ruyu tutted her words, "What do you mean by digging a secret passage? Do you think I have that ability?"
The palace is so big, the secret passage is so long, and there are dungeons underneath. How could it be possible to dig through it without anyone noticing?
"When the palace was first built, secret escape routes were left in case of emergency. This is just one of them."
There were others, she didn't know.
"How did you find it?"
"The palace's escape route is known only to successive emperors. How do you think I know it?"
Liu Zhiyuan, "Did the emperor tell you?"
"What else?"
Xiao Yu let her live in Fuqing Palace because there was an escape passage leading out of the palace.
The house where the exit was located was given to Zhou Kang as his residence.
Liu Zhiyuan's expression was indescribable, "The Emperor is helping you two meet in private."
"Yes, I was already with Zhou Lang before I entered the palace. We were in love, and I missed him so much after being apart for so long that I secretly climbed over the wall and left the palace. When the emperor found out, he let me live in Fuqing Palace and told me there was a secret passage out of the palace. I could go out to see Zhou Lang, or Zhou Lang could come in to see me."
"Honeymoon period?" Liu Zhiyuan was surprised. Did the ancients also know the term "honeymoon period"?
"When we first got together and our relationship was at its peak, Zhou Lang told me this. He said this is the saying in his hometown."
Liu Zhiyuan, "..."
"Do you know where Zhou Kang's hometown is?"
"He said it's very far away." Yan Ruyu looked at Liu Zhiyuan and said straight to the point, "Just ask whatever you want to ask."
Liu Zhiyuan stared at her for two seconds, "Do you know that Zhou Kang has a secret?"
"I know. You were just in the room with him, talking about that secret."
Liu Zhiyuan nodded, "Aren't you curious?"
"I'm not curious. Everyone has secrets. If he wants to tell me, there's no need to ask. If he doesn't want to tell me, asking won't yield any results."
"Aren't you afraid that he will cheat you?"
"Him?" Yan Ruyu's face was filled with disdain. "He doesn't have that ability. Some of Zhou Lang's hometown's ideas and concepts are different from those in Dayong. He wants to use these ideas to control me. If I don't expose him, I can use these ideas to control him."
Controlling your husband is that simple.
Yan Ruyu chuckled. He was obviously a fool, but he always liked to say things that she couldn't understand, pretending to be profound and making himself look like a learned man.
Sometimes it's quite interesting to watch his performance, just as a pastime.
Besides, Zhou Kang can always bring her some fresh experiences.
He calls unmarried women "singles", men and women in love "couples", the sweetness of just falling in love "passionate love", and getting married "married".
These were things she had never encountered before.
It's quite fun.
Liu Zhiyuan silently lit a candle for Zhou Kang.
He thought he had Yan Ruyu under his control, but he didn't know that she had seen through him long ago and had her under his control.
It’s not unfair to be trained like a dog.
"I'm just a little curious." Yan Ruyu smiled, "Yuan'er, aren't you the daughter of Minister Liu? Why do you feel like you and Zhou Kang are from the same place?"
Liu Zhiyuan's way of speaking is very similar to Zhou Kang's.
Liu Zhiyuan's expression changed. "No, I didn't know him before. We were just talking about my father's case."
"Oh, so that's it." Yan Ruyu raised her eyebrows, not intending to delve into it further.
The same thing, if Liu Zhiyuan wanted to tell her, she didn't need to ask. If he didn't say it, there must be a reason for not saying it.
He pressed the end of the bed again, and the entrance to the secret passage slowly closed.
Liu Zhiyuan was curious, "Is it far from here to leave the palace?"
"It's quite far, it will take 25 minutes."
The palace is so big that even if this is the nearest secret passage, it will take time to get out.
Liu Zhiyuan's eyes flickered slightly, "Can I go out and take a look?"
"You want to leave the palace?"
"Yes, I want to go out for a walk. I have been in the palace for so long, I wonder what the outside of the palace has become."
The most important thing is that she was trapped in the palace and had no access to information.
Yan Ruyu wanted to say, didn’t you go to Yuzhou with the emperor last time, and didn’t you see what was outside?
But what Liu Zhiyuan said was probably that he wanted to see the imperial city.
"Sure, tomorrow, I'll have someone prepare some clothes."
"OK."
After the discussion, Liu Zhiyuan returned to Zining Palace. As expected, Xiao Yu had not come yet.
Yin Bao was a little worried, "Why hasn't the emperor come tonight? Is he not coming?"
The Emperor has been staying in Zining Palace every night recently, but he suddenly stopped coming. Could it be that the Empress has fallen out of favor?
"He'll come later." Liu Zhiyuan didn't care and went to sleep after soaking his feet.
Half an hour later, Xiao Yu arrived late, and Yin Bao was overjoyed.
The Queen is so amazing that she guessed that the Emperor would come later. She thought the Emperor would not come tonight!
The next day, Liu Zhiyuan got up early, had breakfast, and came to Fuqing Palace.
Yan Ruyu was ready. She took her behind the screen and took out two sets of men's clothes.
"Wear this?" Liu Zhiyuan asked.
"Of course, we have to hide our identities when we leave the palace. Disguised as men is the safest way to avoid being recognized."
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