41 bottom of the well diameter

The woman was silent on the ground, her eyes were full of cruel light, even if she did not have the outfit of a long-haired white robe, she was no different from a ghost. She only needs to take two more steps to find Tang Ai and Xiao Yu hiding in the weeds.

However, the weeds are from the weeds, and the weeds are not from the people.

When the woman arrived, she didn't see even a single hair.

She crunched her knuckles, her eyes scanning her surroundings. It's a pity that the wind and grass can be seen in Zhaoyang Palace, and the moonlight can be seen, but there is no trace of Tang Ai and Xiao Yu.

The woman rolled her eyes sharply, and finally swung her skirt and hurriedly stepped out of the palace gate of Zhaoyang Palace.

Where Tang Ai and Xiao Yu went, only they knew.

In fact, they didn't go anywhere, they still stayed in this Zhaoyang Palace.

The moment the woman came out of the main hall of Zhaoyang Palace, Tang Ai and Xiao Yu were still under the window outside the hall. Tang Ai expected that this woman's identity was extraordinary, where would she dare to confront the woman head-on. She didn't know where to hide, Xiao Yu suddenly grabbed her wrist, whispered "Follow me", and took her through the window into the main hall of Zhaoyang Palace.

The woman went out of the hall, but Xiao Yu took Tang Ai into the hall, and she simply mastered the time wonderfully.

It's just that although Tang Ai avoided the danger of being discovered by a woman, he couldn't see the woman's appearance from beginning to end. She didn't even see the man who had gone first.

Xiao Yu sat down at the table slowly, propped up the table with his elbows, and his head hung very low, as if he had suddenly become listless.

After a while, he turned his back to Tang Ai and whispered: "Tang Ai, in fact, the affairs of the inner court of the palace are not within the scope of your responsibility, you can't control it and can't manage it, I think you better leave the palace as soon as possible." ”

Tang Ai was combing the ins and outs of the whole matter in his heart, but when he heard Xiao Yu's words, his thoughts immediately broke the strings, and he turned his head and said urgently: "I know that the affairs of the royal family are not my turn to say anything, but after all, I was entrusted by Her Royal Highness the Princess." I finally got a little clue, but I had to leave halfway, I-"

"Xinning's side, I'll go talk to her." Xiao Yu shook his head slightly.

"You're going to talk to the princess?" How did Tang Ai hear it, and how did he feel that this was wrong.

The title of the princess is not something that anyone can call casually, but Xiao Yu is quite affectionate. Besides, if you really want to talk about it, the person who broke into the forbidden palace is obviously Xiao Yu, and if he wants to leave the palace, he should leave the palace.

The more Tang Ai thought about it, the more outrageous it became, his stomach began to feel bloated again, and he slapped his palm on the table: "That's right, what kind of green onion am I, I don't dare to care about the internal affairs of the royal family if I have the courage to do so." You are different, you and Her Royal Highness the princess are in love, and you will be recruited as a colt by Her Majesty in the future, and it is naturally better for you to say it! ”

Xiao Yu smiled and sighed, but still didn't look up: "I said it, my relationship with Xinning is not what you think." ”

The moonlight sprinkled on the window lattice, but it couldn't shine on Xiao Yu's location, Tang Ai couldn't see his face at all, but when she arrived here, she finally heard that his timbre was not quite right.

Xiao Yu's voice at this time was completely free and easy to fly, only desolate and tired. And he seems to be iron-hearted, so he just doesn't look at Tang Ai.

Tang Ai just wanted to speak, but suddenly heard the footsteps of many people outside the palace walls of Zhaoyang Palace, and then saw a heavy fire in the distance through the window.

Immediately after this, a human voice sounded outside the palace again: "Go in and search, don't let go of any corner!" ”

The sharp voice of the soft voice is a little eunuch when you hear it.

"It's coming so fast." Xiao Yu groaned and raised his head suddenly.

The firelight outside entered the hall, and Tang Ai saw Xiao Yu's face clearly. Xiao Yu's face had always been very pale, but at this time, he was only more bloodless than before, and his eyes were tired.

But he only frowned faintly, and stood up against the eaves of the table. When he first got up, the strength under his feet seemed to be insufficient to support his body, and his body was crooked. Tang Ai was beside him, and he held Tang Ai's arm so that he wouldn't fall.

Tang Ai was already shocked by the movement of the outside world, and when he looked at Xiao Yu again, the sweat on his head seeped even more: "Xiao Yu, are your legs not good?!" ”

"It's nothing, I just didn't stand firm for a while." Xiao Yu grabbed Tang Ai's hand and went to the back of the hall, "The people outside are here to catch us, we have to leave quickly." ”

There is an old tree in the back/courtyard of the Zhaoyang Palace, which looks to be at least 100 years old. Some time ago, there was a fire in the palace of Zhaoyang Palace, and the old tree was burned to the point that only a stump remained. There was also a black object beside the stump, and when you looked closer, you could see that it was a dry well, and the bottom of the well was dry, and there was not a trace of water.

Xiao Yu took Tang Ai to the edge of this dry well, and behind the two of them, the firelight and human voices were gradually approaching.

Xiao Yu only said one word to Tang Ai: "Jump." ”

Tang Ai thought that she had misheard something, but Xiao Yu had already exerted a force on her wrist and pulled her into the well.

This well is surprisingly deep, people who don't know how to do light work jump into it, and eight or nine times out of ten break their arms and legs, which is not bad, if you don't pay attention to the head and hit the ground first, then wait for your life.

Tang Ai and Xiao Yu are the same, it's easy to jump in, but it's not easy to come out again. Tang Airao was holding a breath, but his feet were still sore when he landed.

She thought that Xiao Yu was going to hide in the well with her, but then she thought that the people outside walked to the □□ and looked down into the well, wouldn't it be as easy to catch them as it was to catch turtles in an urn?

Xiao Yu glanced at Tang Ai and asked her to keep quiet. Tang Ai saw him arch his fingers and knock on the inner wall of the dry well a few times, each time the position was different, and the strength of each stroke was different.

Next, Xiao Yu lowered his hand, and Tang Ai ...... Tang Ai witnessed the birth of a miracle - the masonry on the side of the dry well slowly fell, and a narrow door was opened in the wall of the well, and behind the narrow door appeared a secret passage with no end in sight.

Xiao Yu pulled Tang Ai again, and dragged her into the secret passage, and the narrow door closed instantly behind the two of them.

Tang Ai was so stunned that she couldn't speak, and Xiao Yu took out the fire fold and shone the fire on her face: "I told you when I was in the Yufu Palace that there is a secret way to get out of the palace. ”

Tang Ai took a breath hard: "...... That's the way? ”

Xiao Yu nodded and said calmly: "The door in the well needs to be opened, and there is a special way to touch the mechanism. No one in the palace knows about this road, and the people outside can't find us. ”

Tang Ai sighed: "I didn't expect that there would be such a secret passage in the palace. ”

"The palace of my Great Heaven/Dynasty was originally the palace of the Yan Kingdom, and this secret passage was built by the Yan people hundreds of years ago."

"Wait, you said that no one in the palace knows this way, how do you know?"

Xiao Yu didn't answer immediately, he looked at Tang Ai with his back against the wall, and then said quietly: "My mother is a descendant of the Yan people, she knows this way, so I know." ”

He spoke very slowly, and his voice was weak. But then he smiled at Tang Ai, put the fire fold in his mouth, and took off the eunuch suit on his body.

Xiao Yu was still carrying the long box behind his back, but he was covered by a eunuch suit before, so he couldn't see it.

He took the rod and parts from the long box, assembled it into a crutch with the light of the fire fold, and took two steps forward with it in his hand. Tang Ai could see that he was struggling to walk at the moment.

"Give me the fire fold." Tang Ai grabbed the fire fold and held it in his hand, "Since we are no longer in danger, we don't need to leave in such a hurry, you can rest for a while." ”

There's a reason why she says that, she has too many questions that haven't been properly answered.

First of all, Tang Ai had to know what was going on with those little eunuchs who came to Zhaoyang Palace in the middle of the night to search for them.

Xiao Yu's answer was very concise, the little minions naturally came at the behest of their masters, and the master who was most likely to send someone to search the palace should not be anyone else except for the woman who had a tryst with a man in Zhaoyang Palace.

So the question is, who is this woman? Who is the man who has a private meeting with her in the middle of the night?

Tang Ai knew that Xiao Yu knew the identities of these two people, but Xiao Yu stopped talking and just didn't answer. She remembered a lot of things in the past, and she could finally faintly realize that Rao is Xiao Yu's identity, and it must not be so simple.

The surname Xiao is the national surname of the Tian/Chao, and Xiao Yu is also surnamed Xiao, so he may also have some kind of connection with the royal family of the Tian/Chao.

Her suspicion was spurred.

"Xiao Yu, are we friends?"

"Of course."

"Friends, should they confess to each other?"

"Tang Ai, I know what you want to ask. There are some things I haven't told you, but I've never lied to you, and what I've said to you is true. ”

“…… Like what? ”

"For example, if I say I'm doing the biggest official you can think of, I'm really doing something for him. Is it really that hard to guess who the biggest official in the world is? ”

In this conversation, Xiao Yu's eyes have always been very clear, and every word he said was very serious.

It's not that Tang Ai hasn't guessed who the biggest official is, but he has never guessed it. She thought about it carefully at this time, and suddenly became enlightened. Isn't the biggest official in the world the saint today!

It turned out that when Xiao Yu saw her for the first time, he told her that he was doing things for the emperor, but she never turned the corner. In this way, she guessed that Xiao Yu should be the emperor's secret agent, and many things could be explained.

If Xiao Yu was really directly ordered by the emperor, then she would be able to understand that he did not confide his identity to others.

Tang Ai looked at Xiao Yu again, and there was nothing left in his heart.

The only thing that made her still depressed was the mess between Xiao Yu and Princess Xinning. She heard Xiao Yu say the word "like" to Xinning, but this guy kept saying that he and Xinning were not what she thought.

"Xiao Yu, what is the relationship between you and Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

"I thought you'd hold on to this, and you're hopelessly persistent. Don't worry, sooner or later I'll tell you about it. Xiao Yu smiled lightly, but his face was really not good-looking.