Lu Tao did not accompany Peony or Hong Bingying Hong for too long, and solved the crisis of Hong Bingying and Miss Hong, Lu Tao returned directly to the courtyard of Yunxi, according to the agreement, Lu Tao needed to take Peony to the place he found that day when no one was there at night, although he didn't know what Peony wanted to do, but she should have her own way.

As soon as he came back, Lu Tao met Xiaorou.

Xiao Rou crossed her waist and looked at Lu Tao, her eyes shining: "Ha! Where have you been this day and night?! Don't you know that this is the palace?

Lu Tao looked at the courtyard that had become a little busy, and was a little puzzled: "What's the matter?

"Wait!" Seeing that Lu Tao was about to walk inside, Xiao Rou opened her arms to block his way: "You haven't answered my question yet! Sneak out and run out, you must have some intentions for Miss! If you don't tell me where you went last night, I will never let you go!"

Lu Tao: "......"

He was a little helpless, he had talked to Yunxi about this kind of thing before, Yunxi didn't care, Lu Tao didn't think it was useful for Xiaorou to care.

After a closer look, the banter in the corners of Xiao Rou's eyes was firmly placed there, and Lu Tao understood that Xiao Rou had to break the casserole and ask to the end, with only one purpose: to embarrass Lu Tao.

Pouting, Lu Tao saw Yunxi who had already come over.

"Say it quickly! Is there nothing to say?!Then let me teach you a good lesson in place of Miss!Oops...... Who hit me?!"

Yunxi patted her behind Xiao Rou, Xiao Rou said "oops" and looked back: "Xiao ...... Miss?!Why are you here......"

"If I don't come again, you'll think you're the master of this place. Yunxi patted Xiao Rou's head: "Since Xiao Taozi is back, hurry up and let them bring the meal ready, and let's have dinner together." ”

"I ......" Lu Tao just wanted to say that he actually came over after eating, but when he saw Yunxi's eyes, he had to give up this statement, but since he had already opened his mouth, Lu Tao had to go on: "I...... I am back. ”

"Well, it's good to be back, let's go. ”

"Hmph!" Xiao Rou snorted, following behind her young lady Yunxi, the two balls on her head became a little loose after being slapped by Yunxi, and trembled with her moving steps, looking quite funny.

Lu Tao looked at Yunxi who was walking in front and couldn't help asking, "Why don't you ask me where I went yesterday?"

Yunxi's pace didn't stop: "I don't want to ask or want to know, I just need to know that you have no ill will towards me, right......"

Glancing at Lu Tao, Yunxi continued: "Don't run around tomorrow, His Royal Highness the Second Prince informed the emperor of my idea of going home, and the emperor approved it, and the time was set for tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?" Lu Tao nodded: "Okay, I will be here tomorrow." ”

"Hmph!" Xiao Rou snorted again: "It's no problem if you don't go tomorrow!

Lu Tao: "......"

He wondered a little, wasn't Xiaorou quite polite to himself? Why did she feel back to the way she felt at the beginning after not seeing him for a day? It was as if she was uncomfortable if she didn't do it right with herself.

Yunxi patted Xiaorou's head again, and slapped the two balls more scattered: "Okay, don't talk so much!"

......

In the middle of the night, Lu Tao confirmed that Yunxi and Xiaorou had fallen asleep, and waited silently under a wall in the north and south corners as scheduled.

Dinner hesitated Lu Tao had already eaten, so he didn't eat much, and similarly, Yunxi and Xiaorou didn't eat much, the reason was very simple, those palace maids and eunuchs who were sent by the emperor of the Great Qin Empire, the food they made was really not delicious, which could be clearly seen from Xiao Rou's expression while eating silently and staring at Lu Tao with energy.

As for Yunxi, she didn't react, she just ate silently, and those dishes that looked very dull in color were almost ignored by her.

The moonlight tonight was not very good, mainly because a dark cloud drifted from the sky, covering most of the sky, and the unfortunate moon was also covered by this cloud, and not even a trace of afterglow was revealed.

The wind from south to north blew non-stop in the night, and the few trees in the palace were blown by gusts of wind, and it was not known how many green or yellow leaves would be blown off.

The night is dark and the wind is high, probably saying that this is the scenery, Lu Tao stood on the inside of the wall, patiently waiting for the arrival of the peony.

"Cuckoo!

Lu Tao patted his head: "......"

This is the code he agreed with Peony during the day, but it is obvious that such a code is not suitable for use at night like this, who will cuckoo run outside in such a windy weather?!

Lu Tao stiffened, and also made a sound of "Cuckoo!Cuckoo!", the opposite side paused for a while, and a black shadow fell from the sky, and he didn't need to look at Lu Tao to know that it was the figure of a peony.

The peony landed on the grass in front of Lu Tao, and the sound was mostly muffled by the wind, she looked left and right, and finally found Lu Tao behind her: "Why did you reply to the code so late just now? I thought something had happened to you!"

Lu Tao: "...... I just think there's something wrong with the code between us, whose cuckoo is coming out of this kind of weather?"

"Cut! If there is a problem, there is a problem! The cuckoo will not run out in the middle of the night! Anyway, there are no guards on this section of the wall, and you are worried that these are meaningless, and the code is originally for confirmation, so do you care if it is appropriate?"

Lu Tao thought about it, nodded and asked, "Let's leave now?"

"Of course, if we go over early, we should find a good position as soon as possible and wait for my cheap second emperor brother, only by facing him directly can we have a chance of winning, otherwise there is no chance at all. ”

Although he was a little puzzled, Lu Tao still nodded: "Then let's go, I'll lead the way." ”

With that, Lu Tao walked towards the small courtyard that had been dug up in his memory.

Halfway through, Peony opened his mouth and asked, "By the way, what do you want to find in the palace? Before, there were only two halves of the heirloom jade seal, so there shouldn't be anything you were looking for, ......right?"

After a pause, Peony continued: "Unless...... What you are looking for is also the heirloom jade seal. ”

"......" Lu Tao looked at Peony's somewhat vigilant eyes, and said speechlessly: "Of course not, I'm looking for a crown, that yellow light is of great use to me." ”

"Crown?" Peony seemed startled: "You don't want the crown on your father's head, do you? That thing is not good, but if I can successfully retrieve the other half of the heirloom jade seal this time, my father's yellow light may really be able to help you get it." ”

"No, it shouldn't be that. Lu Tao shook his head, and told Peony all the news he heard from Fang Tianhua, and by the way, he even took out the map and showed it to Peony.

"That's the case......" After Peony looked at the map, he fell into deep thought, and when the two of them were almost in the courtyard where the second prince dug the pit before, Peony said: "Actually, the location of the secret passage marked on your map was not originally a palace, the palace was built later, and there was almost nothing there before, so you may have been misled by the map." ”

"What do you mean?" Lu Tao didn't care about continuing to lead the way, but stopped his steps and asked a little nervously, "Do you know what was there before?"

"That's the courtyard where the second emperor brother dug up the secret passage, right?" Peony didn't mean to answer Lu Tao's question, she pointed to a small courtyard opposite and asked Lu Tao, in the courtyard, there was a faint yellow light overflowing from it, and it was obvious that there were people inside.

Lu Tao had no choice but to let go of the question in his heart and answer Peony's question, he could see that if he didn't do a good job of what he promised Peony today, Peony would not help him.

“...... That's right, there it is. ”

"Let's find a place to hide first. Peony pulled Lu Tao to another room on the side, opened the door carefully, and then hid with Lu Tao.

Lu Tao didn't know what this room was originally used for, there was nothing in it, but there was not much dust on the ground, Peony carefully inspected the room, and then walked to a window pane facing the target yard, dipped his finger in saliva, and poked a hole in the white paper pasted between the panes.

From the small hole, he can just see the yard, but unfortunately Lu Tao can't see it, he also learned from the peony and poked a hole in the white paper.

"Hey, can you tell me now?What is the location of the entrance on the map?Did I find the wrong place?" Lu Tao asked Peony as he stared at the other side.

"Of course!" Peony replied in a low voice, "There was nothing there, don't you wonder why there is a building on the map?"

Without waiting for Lu Tao to answer, Peony continued: "That's because there was indeed a building there, but it was destroyed thirty years ago. ”

Lu Tao looked at the peony: "How do you know? Thirty years ago, you weren't born yet, right?"

"Of course I wasn't born, but I just know, do you want to hear me tell the story?"

Lu Tao hurriedly nodded: "Say it, say it, I'll just listen!"

"Thirty years ago, it happened to be the time when my father ascended the throne, in which year my father ascended the throne, on a dark and windy night, thousands of thunderbolts fell from the sky, the heavens and the earth changed color, no one knew what happened, and no one dared to come out of the house, almost all the people in Wuyang were praying, praying that the divine punishment would pass quickly. ”