The prince of Shu got out of the secret passage and reappeared in a secluded corner of the courtyard of his study.

He first looked out next to the rockery, and by the cover of a bush beside the rockery, he made sure that the yard was quiet and unoccupied, as calm as before he left, so he walked out from behind the bushes with confidence, and walked up the back stairs to the verandah around the study unhurriedly, and then returned to the study quiet room in front of him through the back door of the clean room.

Then he stopped, and the whole body froze there.

The princess of Shu came to the study at some point, and sat quietly at the table of the eight immortals used for the tea party in the main room, not far in front of her, the henchman maid waiting in the study was kneeling on the ground, her head was low, probably aware that the prince of Shu was back, and wanted to look up, but she didn't dare to move after all.

The prince of Shu took a deep breath, walked forward with a smile, and sat down on the other side of the Eight Immortals table: "Why are you here? Didn't you say that Da Lang was a little unwell? The weather is getting hotter, and the child's spleen and stomach are weak, so it is inevitable that he will be a little uncomfortable." Our family has not fallen to the point where we can't ask for a doctor, so it's a big deal to say hello to the gatekeeper and ask them to find a doctor, and we can't just watch the child suffer. The Queen Mother and the Emperor were not so ruthless. ”

The princess of the King of Shu looked faint: "Da Lang is fine, I asked him to boil medicine according to the old recipe, he is no longer in trouble after drinking, he just ate half a bowl of porridge and fell asleep." I thought that the prince seemed to be a little unwell recently, and I didn't know if he was suffering from heat stroke, and there was still a bowl of heatstroke medicine left, so I personally came to send a bowl to the prince. I only thought that the prince was studying in the study, but I didn't expect ......" she glanced at the maid, "This girl actually lied to me." Shi Ziye was obviously not there, but she said that you didn't sleep well last night, and you have to make up for sleep this time, and you have already slept, let me go back. ”

The prince of Shu laughed dryly and glanced at his henchman: "Is that this girl's." I did feel a little unwell, and my stomach was troubled, but I felt ashamed, so I didn't allow the girl to talk nonsense. I was in the clean room in the back just now, this girl is also stupid, and Madame is not an outsider, even if I tell you the truth, what does it matter?"

The princess of the king of Shu smiled: "The prince is too fond of this girl, and she is so spoiled that people don't know how thick the sky is." Our family is really in a bad situation now, but the identity is still there, and there are still rules that should be there. The master can be willful, but the girls need to know their duties. Since the prince is in trouble, he should have asked the doctor to grab the medicine earlier, and it is only serious that he will be cured as soon as possible, how can he be stupid and only know that he is in a daze in the front room, but let the master go to the grass in the backyard to relieve his hands? That is too unsophisticated!"

The prince of Shu's face was red and white for a while, and he smiled reluctantly and didn't say anything.

It's all been broken, he forcibly explained, his wife refused to believe it, and he couldn't continue to open his eyes and talk nonsense. His wife has always been with him all the way, and even if she really knows something, she will not betray him. What's more, he is not unable to defend himself.

The prince of Shu looked down at the girl: "You go down first." Yahuan didn't dare to raise her head, so she kowtowed, then stood up and retreated out of the house.

When she closed the door, the prince of Shu happened to see a large red and swollen piece on her forehead, which was obviously knocked out by kowtowing, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

He was a little unhappy in his heart, although he had never taken this girl in, but she was also one of the people he had to use now. You must know how difficult it is for him to be in his current situation, and to have someone who can trust and do things in this house. This girl was severely punished by his wife who was in the same position as him because she was protecting his secret, which was tantamount to slapping him in the face!

The prince of Shu asked his wife unhappily: "What are you doing?! To my girl, can you be so hot?!"

The princess of the king of Shu sneered: "The prince only cares about blaming me, why don't you want to think about it, you disappeared inexplicably, if you are found out and sued to the palace, what kind of fate will it be? Even if our family is trapped in the mansion now, not free, we can still have no worries about our lives, food and clothing, and after a few years, when the queen mother and the emperor are dissipated, we still have one day to go out! Da Lang always has to go out to study, and it won't take two years! But the prince refuses to be honest, and he has to provoke the nobles in the palace, what do you want?! Do you have to let me and the children lose our lives by you, so that you can be willing?!"

The prince of Shu only felt that her words were extremely harsh, and said impatiently: "What do you know?! Could it be that we will be locked up in this mansion honestly and do nothing, and we will definitely be safe and sound?! The emperor just wants others to praise him for his kindness! When we are forgotten by the world, he will kill us if he wants to?! It is like killing a pig, it is easy!" He gritted his teeth and said, "Let me be willing to be a pig waiting to be slaughtered?"

The princess of the king of Shu was indifferent to his words, and it was not the first time she had heard similar remarks: "What is the prince going to do? What can you do? Just rely on the old Gu Changshi and his wife next door, or the old people of Shu that he brought back?"

"You-" The prince of Shu's face changed drastically, and he stood up abruptly and glared at his wife. He vaguely noticed that his wife was far less docile than before, and even dissatisfied with him because of his current situation, he was unhappy, and he didn't let his wife know about some things, but he still couldn't hide it from her. I don't know how much she knows...... Even Chu Yuniang knows about his existence, right? What about his new plan? I hope this woman won't hold him back after knowing about it......

Different from the reaction of the prince of Shu, the princess of the prince of Shu behaved very calmly, and looked at her husband with a hint of disdain: "The prince really thinks that those things can be hidden from the person next to you?" Or do you think that I, as the master of this palace, will not even know what is going on in the mansion? Gu Changshi has moved into the house next door for several years, but we have never interacted with him before, and he has never come to the door. But he has been a subordinate official in the Shu Wangfu for many years, and after losing his official position, he returned to the capital, and he still has to settle down on the edge of our palace. But since we were trapped in the house and were not allowed to go out, the prince did not copy the menstruation for a few days, so he ordered people to clean up this secluded courtyard and make it a quiet room for you to read. When you moved over, and thought that the original yard was too simple and unworthy of your identity, they made a fuss to repair the courtyard, and someone knocked on it all day long, but the prince still refused to go back to study, and had to supervise the work himself...... If I can't guess that there is something wrong with this yard, it would be a dereliction of duty!"

The face of the prince of Shu became more and more ugly, he actually didn't know that his disguise skills were not very good, but what could he do? Who told these old people to contact him after he was confined to the mansion? Moreover, they happened to be at the Gu family next door, and in order to break through the soldiers guarding the door, they actually chose to dig a tunnel...... It was also after learning the news that he was afraid that the deeds of these people would be discovered by the officers and soldiers, so he used the excuse of repairing the yard to cover for them......

The princess of the King of Shu didn't pay attention to the change in her husband's face at all, and said to herself: "I have lived in this mansion for a few years, and I can't be clearer about the courtyard inside and out! In the eyes of outsiders, it seems that we are still separated from Gu Changshi's house by an alley, in fact, in the northeast corner, there is a few feet of wall next to the northwest corner of the Gu family's house. Our side is the most secluded courtyard in the whole province, and that side should be a Buddhist hall, I used to stand under the wall over there, and I could always smell the sandalwood fragrance coming from the wall, and since a month ago, the sandalwood smell can be smelled from the cave under the rockery......"

The prince of Shu's face was so dark that he interrupted his wife's words: "That's enough! You don't have to say any more! I know that I have a lot of flaws, but this is also a last resort! I will not be willing to die in this mansion." And those old people in the palace can come to the door, but they have also come to a dead end. They want to get me out, and I need them to be out there. Borrowing Gu Changshi's house to meet them secretly was just for convenience. I also know that this is risky, but I have been hiding it for so long, and there is no movement in the palace. As long as you pretend you don't know anything and go on with your life as usual, the secret won't be revealed! Don't forget, we still have two children! Even for the sake of children, we can't trap ourselves in this house for the rest of our lives. We are so young, we will all feel unwilling, let alone two children?!"

The princess of the King of Shu looked at him with a gloomy face: "Then...... What the hell does the prince want to do? If you meet those people, you can leave here? If those people are really loyal, how can we not see them appear when our whole family was in great trouble? How can we not show up until we are in a predicament and we are almost out of manpower? If they don't want to fall into the grass, they can only turn back and defect to us, right? How can such people be trusted, just for the sake of profit?

The prince of Shu didn't plan to tell his wife, he was just using these people, and he didn't really rely on them.

Chu Yuniang, in the past, he only thought that it was the granddaughter of his father's subordinate officials, and he could often meet his mother's concubine, thinking that if she was a few years older, maybe she would become a side room for him. However, the Shu Wangfu was defeated, he and Chu Yuniang had been separated for several years, and he never expected to meet again with Gu Changshi, and her infatuation with him still did not change. At that time, he looked at her beautiful face and felt that he had a new bargaining chip.

The prince of Shu swallowed the truth into his stomach, and only said to his wife: "Don't worry, I won't blindly rely on a few people with unknown thoughts, and I won't let them do dangerous things and cause trouble." For now, I just want to appease them all, so that the palace will not find out where they come from, and stop them from doing stupid things. As for the way to get out, I'm still thinking about it, and I'll discuss it with you when I make up my mind. Just act like you don't know anything, and don't tell anyone the truth. You can also help cover up the secret passage. You know, it's all for the sake of our children!"

The princess of the king of Shu looked at him expressionlessly, and after a long while, she said lightly: "I will cooperate with the prince, but ...... Hope you're not lying to me. ”