Jiang Lingxi's body froze for a moment, and out of the psychological need for self-preservation, a voice in his head kept hypnotizing himself: Hallucination, it must be an illusion!

But as if deliberately echoing her chaotic steps, there were two more "poof" sounds behind her, like a rusty guqin emitting a hoarse hideousness, crushing the last bit of security in her heart in the silent night.

Jiang Lingxi instinctively froze his steps, first felt a cold sweat break out of his spine, followed by numbness all over his body, and the blood in his whole body rolled upward, and his entire scalp was about to explode.

Qiang Zi calmed down for a while, and after calming down a little, she didn't pull her legs and run, but turned around and walked slowly in the direction of Xiukun Palace with her legs as if she didn't obey the call, even she herself was a little incredible.

Perhaps it was the intense fear that turned into a strong curiosity, and the desire/desire to find out drove her to finish the steps in front of the temple gate impatiently, but before she could get close to the temple door, she heard the sound of two metal rubbing sounds, one left and one right, accompanied by two cold lights, Jiang Lingxi felt a slight chill in her neck.

"Who?!" A vigilant man broke the silence and asked sharply.

Jiang Lingxi's already tense brain was suddenly frightened to a blank, and after reacting for a while, he realized that two long knives were on his neck. It turned out that the two guards had been blocked by the pillar, and when they found someone approaching, they suddenly appeared to investigate.

"What's inside, your own people." Jiang Lingxi hurriedly took out a sign and handed it to one of them, "I am the emperor's new recruit." ”

The man took the sign, took two steps, looked carefully by the light of the lantern, and saw that it was the highest authority order issued by the little emperor himself, and after a little thought, he motioned to the other guard to remove the knife as well. Stretched out his hand to return the sign to Jiang Lingxi, but the vigilance on his face was not completely eliminated, and he asked: "The emperor's servant is not waiting in front, what are you doing in the harem?" ”

"Well, the emperor gave me a vacation today, and I went to find Concubine Zhong for tea in the afternoon, but I came out late, and I got lost without paying attention." Jiang Lingxi told the truth, reported the name of his bedroom by the way, and asked the guards for directions.

The guard raised his hand and pointed in a direction, "Go back quickly, don't run around here if you're okay in the future." ”

"Oops." Jiang Lingxi agreed, turned around and went down a few steps of stairs, stopped again, glanced back at the locked temple door, and asked tentatively, "Brother Guard, is there anyone locked up here?" ”

The guard's face, which was already innocent, suddenly turned a little colder, and he said unhappily: "Don't ask nonsense if you shouldn't ask!" ”

Jiang Lingxi snorted, the empty palace was still guarded by people? It's no wonder that there's no situation. In this way, the fear brought by the suspicion of being "haunted" was eliminated.

Jiang Lingxi deliberately avoided the guards' field of vision and lingered nearby for a while. The "pong" sound that stopped abruptly at the moment when the guard shouted and asked her came out again, and she carefully distinguished, but it was only intermittent and intonal, and she couldn't hear what the routine was.

When I went to work the next day, I met Zhang Dou'er, the eunuch next to the little emperor, so I couldn't help but be curious, and went over to talk: "Father-in-law Zhang, I want to ask you about something." ”

Zhang Dou'er probably remembered that the Jiang family sisters and brothers had "rescued" the little emperor in the Imperial Garden and spared him a meal, and had always been polite to Jiang Lingxi, and said with a smile at this time: "Lord Jiang, I told you that you don't need to be so polite, you can call me Xiao Zhang, or Dou'er." If you have anything to ask directly, we know everything. ”

Jiang Lingxi organized his thoughts and said tentatively: "It's Xiukun Palace, it's empty now, right?" ”

When Zhang Dou'er heard the words "Xiukun Palace", her expression froze for a moment, and then she smiled, "As far as our family knows, since the death of the first emperor, it should be vacant." ”

"Is that so?" Jiang Lingxi deliberately showed a puzzled expression, "But I passed by last evening, and I seemed to hear something coming from inside...... Father-in-law Zhang, father-in-law Zhang? ”

Jiang Lingxi stretched out his hand and shook it back and forth in front of Zhang Dou'er's eyes, and Zhang Dou'er came back to his senses from his daze, and said perfunctorily with a trace of unconcealable panic: "Can't you?" Xu came from a nearby palace, and the girl heard it. ”

Jiang Lingxi was about to say something, but the little emperor who had come down from the early dynasty pushed the door in, stretched his muscles and asked, "What are you two muttering?" ”

Zhang Dou'er hurriedly smiled and said: "The slave made a bet with Lord Jiang to guess where the emperor was going to play later." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Lingxi deeply, and asked for confirmation in an accentuated tone: "Yes, Lord Jiang?" ”

Jiang Lingxi hesitated slightly, nodded and smiled without words.

The little emperor immediately snorted dissatisfiedly, "Am I a plaything and a faint king in your hearts?" ”

said, sat down at the table angrily, "Serve the pen and ink, I won't go anywhere today, just study!" ”

In front of the shelf where the four treasures of the study were blooming, Zhang Dou'er approached Jiang Lingxi and said in a low voice: "Lord Jiang listens to our family's advice, within the deep walls, it is better to stop with more than one less." ”

Jiang Lingxi was noncommittal and gave Zhang Dou'er a bright and grateful smile.

The little emperor really stayed in the imperial study for a morning to learn, and when it was almost noon, he ordered Zhang Dou'er to inform him in the imperial dining room, and even the lunch was placed here.

Taking advantage of the fact that she and the little emperor were left in the room, Jiang Lingxi leaned over and touched her shoulder, "Hey, I'll ask you about something." ”

"What?" The little emperor asked with a book.

"Xiukun Palace is empty now?"

"Hmm", the little emperor's eyes were always on the book, and he didn't see the gossip fire burning in Jiang Lingxi's eyes, and his answer was calmer than Zhang Dou'er, "Since the first emperor...... Well, after the death of the first emperor, the emperor's grandmother ordered someone to seal it. ”

That place was somewhat sensitive, and it was rarely mentioned, so the little emperor felt strange, so he put down the book and asked Jiang Lingxi: "Why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”

"Nothing, just ask."

Jiang Lingxi waved his hand, inexplicably having some doubts in his heart, this time he was not pretending to be shown to others, but he really felt that something seemed wrong.

After a while, he asked the little emperor again, "Grandpa Zhang has followed you since childhood?" ”

"It's not."

The little emperor frowned unconsciously, looking dissatisfied with something, "The one who originally followed me was an old man who had served the first emperor before, and as soon as I ascended the throne, the queen mother let him go back to his hometown, and then sent Zhang Dou'er in her palace to me." ”

"That's right." Jiang Lingxi nodded thoughtfully. No wonder seeing that the little emperor is usually a little alienated from Zhang Dou'er, this person is suspected of being sent by the Empress Dowager Zhou to spy on him.

It stands to reason that the general little emperor is playful, and he has the best relationship with the little eunuch who serves him closely, but Chen Su doesn't have this condition, and he has to transfer a clean net worth from outside the palace to accompany him as a second bastard, which is also a bitter fate.

Hey, wait, is his life miserable or my life miserable?! Jiang Lingxi thought of this, and felt a little like crying.

The little emperor felt more and more strange in his heart, "Why is it Xiukun Palace and Zhang Dou'er, is there any connection between the two?" ”

"Not in touch."

Jiang Lingxi turned his gaze away casually, "This is not idle and boring, just like you gossiping with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west." ”