In the blink of an eye, it was night.

The clear weather changed color at night, and there was a faint sound of thunder coming from the distant skyline, circle after circle, like diffuse ripples. Violent winds are usually accompanied by torrential rain, but this is not the case tonight, a violent gust of wind shakes the trees that are not clear in the night, and in the darkness, those outlines sway wildly, and those slender branches, as if they can be heard breaking one by one in the wind.

Lu Tao was confused by such a strong wind, and before he could find a leeward place, the cuckoo's call came from behind the wall.

Looking left and right, Lu Tao replied with a "cuckoo" that would never appear in such a strong wind, and then turned over from the not-so-high wall with a hand.

Outside the wall, there was still a peony in black, he saw Lu Tao come out, stretched out his finger and put it to his mouth and made a "shhh" gesture, Lu Tao was a little confused, but he still nodded, followed the peony and turned left and right, and after a while, he turned from the narrow alleyway to another narrow alleyway.

At this point, Peony seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and hid in the shadows, and Peony asked Lu Tao angrily: "There are secret guards of the Emperor everywhere around here, what happened today? Why are so many people staring here?"

Lu Tao was stunned: "Secret guard?"

"Ah, I'm afraid you haven't seen any of these guys. Peony nodded: "They are all guys who are not afraid of death, my father likes to use these guys to do some unsightly things, they only obey my father's orders...... But now I'm not sure, with the addition of the second emperor brother, I can't tell whose orders these secret guards are acting on. ”

Lu Tao thought about it, the only thing today was that Yunxi went home...... Lu Tao was stunned, if these secret guards weren't aimed at Yunxi's return to his parents' house, could it be said?

Lu Tao thought about it, but still shook his head, if Yunxi's father told others what Yunxi said today, then it is no wonder that the Rui family has fallen into such a situation, but think about it carefully, Yunxi's father may really do that, from what he said today, it can be seen that that person is really not a smart person, and he is quite capable of playing a little clever.

"Look at your expression...... What do you know?" Peony asked Lu Tao with some suspicion, at this time, the moon was halfway out from behind the dark clouds, and she could see Lu Tao's expression, even if she couldn't see it really, Peony also keenly noticed that Lu Tao's expression didn't seem right, and the silence was too long.

Lu Tao thought about it, there was basically nothing to hide about Yunxi, so from the very beginning when he met Yunxi, he told Peony what happened until today.

Peony nodded thoughtfully: "In other words, you want to save Yunxi from this palace?"

After a pause, Peony continued: "I know what kind of people my elder brothers and father are, indeed, if no one like Rui Yunxi stays here, he will definitely not be able to escape the poisonous hands of these people in the end, but ......"

Peony looked at Lu Tao playfully: "It can't be that you want to find a place to hide in the golden house, right? I have also seen the eleventh princess, and she is indeed a rare beauty in the world." ”

Lu Tao hurriedly shook his head: "How is it possible! I just want to save her from fire and water, and I have absolutely no other thoughts!"

"Huh?" Peony let out a snort from his nose that seemed not very trusting, and then waved his hand: "This kind of thing is really easy to do, leave it to me, but I have to wait for two days, and wait for the current limelight to pass!"

"Huh?" Lu Tao looked at Peony curiously: "What can you do?"

"Hehe, I can't tell you for now, but it couldn't be easier for me. Peony said in a low voice.

The moon that was originally half exposed in the sky shrank back, Lu Tao really didn't see Peony's expression clearly at this time, but after listening to Peony's words, he always felt that there was some conspiracy he didn't understand.

After a moment of silence, Peony continued to speak: "Okay, it's a good thing that today's things can't be said, let's go, the business will be important later, don't waste time." ”

......

At the gate of the main hall last night, Gonggong Jing, who was dressed in a black robe, was already waiting there, and the little eunuch with a lantern in front of him was a different person.

Even in the light of the burning orange torches around him, his face was pale, his face was expressionless, and the loose clothes made Lu Tao sound such a dangerous thing as "zombie".

"Your Royal Highness Princess, you really make the miscellaneous family wait!" said Gonggong Jing with a blank face.

Peony looked at the sky: "Grandpa Jing, what we are going to do tonight, if we don't pay attention to it, it will cause a monstrous disaster, it's okay to be anxious, let's be more patient." Besides, hasn't the second emperor brother come yet?"

"Humph!"

Gonggong Jing snorted, and then there was no speech, and the entire alleyway became quiet, Lu Tao only then noticed that the soldiers at the gate of the palace yesterday also disappeared without a trace, and they didn't know where they went.

"Hahaha, let the royal sister and Gonggong Jing wait for a long time, it's just right today, let's go." ”

A voice sounded suddenly, and the next moment, the second prince walked out of the dark doorway Shi Shiran, followed by a strong man, who was holding a lumpy object wrapped in cloth in his hand.

The second prince walked to the position between Gonggong Jing and Peony, and glanced at Peony: "Sister, have you brought the other half of the jade seal?"

Peony patted a small bag hanging behind him: "Of course! ”

"That's good, Gonggong Jing, the next road will depend on you. ”

Gonggong Jing nodded noncommittally, raised his chin in a certain direction, and then took the lead in that direction.

The second prince and the strong man behind him walked in the middle, Peony and Lu Tao walked at the end, and a group of six people walked east along the criss-crossed lanes in the palace.

Lu Tao paid more attention to the strong man who was following the second prince, the strong man was almost a head taller than the second prince, the hair on his head was shaved clean, and the strong man who lacked eyebrows and hair looked quite weird.

But the weird place of the strong man's mouth is not here, I don't know if it is his own illusion, Lu Tao always feels that from the strong man, there is always a feeling of metal, as if this person's whole body is made of metal.

Shaking his head, Lu Tao drove this abrupt thought out of his mind, no matter who he was, anyway, today's action is full of weirdness, Lu Tao only needs to pay attention to when it is time to run, and when the time comes, pull the peony and run, no one should be able to catch up.

Moreover, from Peony's point of view, Lu Tao always felt that things were not so simple, but he couldn't see anything wrong at all.

Following Gonggong Jing to the east for a distance, Lu Tao keenly noticed that the walls on both sides began to get higher and higher, although the previous buildings were also in the high walls, but he could see the shadows of the buildings that emerged from behind the walls, and now walking in the alleyway, he couldn't see anything.

A group of six people, the only light source is the lantern in the hand of the little eunuch walking in front of Gonggong Jing, the light of the lantern is hazy, and the distance between the front and back cannot illuminate a few meters, so whether it is in front or behind, it becomes more and more hazy.

Lu Tao and Peony were almost hidden in the shadows, and in the entire alleyway, only the sound of the wind blowing through the tiles on the wall was left, which was a kind of rustling, as if there were countless insects crawling around, which made Lu Tao, who was already very afraid of insects, shudder.

He really wanted to talk to Peony to relieve the discomfort of walking in it, but he couldn't open his mouth for a long time, and in the face of the current atmosphere, any extra sound would be like a thunderbolt in a sunny day.

"Boom!"

A bright light flashed, and then, there was a roaring thunderbolt exploding around, Lu Tao was startled by this thunderbolt, it was really that he had just thought of the thunderbolt, and the next moment the thunder came, such a strange thing will always make people difficult to let go.

The second prince, Hongxi, looked up at the sky: "I'm afraid it's going to rain, Gonggong Jing, how far is it to get there?"

"It's coming!" said Gong Jing without looking back, but his pace did speed up a little, stepping on the cyan stone slab, making a slight sound, and then being drowned by the thunder in the sky in an instant.

"Boom!"

Lu Tao silently calculated the interval between lightning and thunder, and suddenly found that the location of lightning was quite close to him, almost close at hand.

Fortunately, the walls on both sides are high enough, and unless they are unlucky enough to be angry, lightning should not be able to slash anyone walking in the deep alley.

Since the second prince started, no one insisted on this tacit understanding in silence anymore, and Peony said: "Second Emperor Brother, when you become the emperor of our Great Qin, what are you going to do?"

"Oh, why did you think to ask this?" The second prince Hongxi glanced back at Peony, but Peony's expression was hidden by the deep darkness, and he couldn't see clearly anyway, the second prince stared at the position behind him for a long time, and finally had to give up.

"After all, I am also a royal family, and I hope that the majesty of the royal family can spread all over this land again, and I don't want this huge country that my ancestors have fought down to be destroyed. Peony answered the second prince's question in words that barely fluctuated.

The second prince Hongxi nodded: "Of course, I think so too, but the realization of all this still requires the joint efforts of all our royal family, sister, if you can, I hope you can be my help, as long as you join, I believe that our desire to revitalize the royal family will soon be able to see, what do you think?"