If the queen only invited one person from outside the palace to attend her birthday banquet, which surprised Jiang Ying, then she could be called flattered when she saw that almost all the dishes that were picked up by the palace ladies were her favorite food.

She has only been to Weiyang Palace so many times, and the queen mother has already understood her preferences at the dinner table so clearly.

Looking at the queen's action of picking vegetables for her with the help of Xin'er, Jiang Ying suddenly felt that today was not like the queen's birthday, but like hers......

"Niangniang doesn't have to clip it to me, I can get it." Jiang Ying smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Today is my mother's birthday, but now I let my mother bother to entertain me." ”

"What stupid things are you talking about?" The queen smiled and said: "You can accompany me, it is the happiest thing for me - this is the happiest birthday I have ever had in this deep palace in the past ten years." ”

This sense of pampering made Jiang Ying feel 'terrified'.

Why did the queen treat her differently, she has not been able to find a decent reason so far.

“…… Your Majesty, Your Majesty. ”

At this time, a slightly anxious footsteps suddenly came from outside the hall, accompanied by the low exclamation of the palace maid.

He seemed to want to stop it, but he didn't dare.

There was a sound of bead curtains shaking, and Jiang Ying subconsciously stopped chewing and turned her head to look.

"Ah Yu—" The man in the dragon robe walked in with a look of urgency.

"Why did Your Majesty come here?" Concubine Chen hurriedly got up and saluted.

After Jiang Ying was stunned for a while, she also put down the chopsticks in her hand and wanted to get up and salute. However, the queen on her side took a step forward and held down one wrist, and said in an extraordinarily cold voice: "You don't have to salute him." ”

Jiang Ying couldn't help but be stunned, and felt a little embarrassed.

As if he hadn't seen this scene at all, the emperor hurried to the queen, took her hand, and said, "Ah Yu, come with me—"

The queen shook off his hand with a cold face and said nothing.

Concubine Chen maintained a reluctant smile on her face, and when she saw this, she hurriedly asked, "I don't know where Your Majesty is taking your sister?" ”

"There's no time to explain!" The Emperor took the Empress's wrist again, and pulled the man up from his seat with such force that he pulled him up. He frowned and said, "This time, as long as you are willing to listen to me." Even if you want to leave the palace in the future, I will never stop you! ”

"Smack!"

A loud slap in the face suddenly rang out.

Jiang Ying stared blankly at the weak Empress Niangniang's palm print on the emperor's cheek, which immediately turned red after a moment.

Yin Ziyu was also stunned for a while.

The queen still had no intention of speaking to him, but tried to shake off his hand again. However, Yin Ziyu clenched her wrist extremely tightly this time. She couldn't break free.

Jiang Ying, who didn't know what to do, didn't know how to react at all.

"Ah Yu!" The Emperor suddenly raised his voice. He looked straight at her and said, "You have to listen to me this time!" ”

The queen didn't know what she was aware of, and suddenly stopped her movements, and raised her head to 'look' at him.

Concubine Chen's figure was also stiff.

"Open the secret passage. Hurry-" The emperor looked at Concubine Chen and urged.

Concubine Chen suddenly came back to her senses and suddenly left her seat.

Jiang Ying was still stunned, but she also sensed a sudden sense of crisis.

Is this what happened?

“…… You can give me over right now. The queen suddenly grabbed Yin Ziyu's arm with her backhand, and said awe-inspiringly: "I don't need you to save me." ”

Yin Ziyu suddenly showed a complicated smile.

"Ah Yu, there are still many good days waiting for you in the future." He said softly, "If I can survive this time, I don't have to suffer anymore." ”

He has already arranged everything.

Outside, there was a sudden loud sound of footsteps, neat and swift, as if a large procession was approaching the temple.

Yin Ziyu's face suddenly turned pale, and he forced the queen to hurry behind the screen.

There was a secret door on the wall behind the screen.

Jiang Ying was dragged into the dark room by Xin'er, and Yun Li, who was also unclear, was extremely frightened and grabbed Jiang Ying's hand tightly.

But the queen was still standing in front of the door of the dark room, reluctant to move.

"Sister, let's go!" Concubine Chen burst into tears for some reason, grabbed one of her arms and whispered and pleaded, "Sister has waited for so many years, so she didn't die here like this!" There are still many people in this world who are worthy of my sister's concern, and they are all waiting for my sister to go back-"

Jiang Ying subconsciously stared at the slender back.

The swords clashed outside, and the screams of the people and horses from unknown sides, the palace ladies fled in panic and shouted for help, and the noise became a mess.

There was even a smell of blood rushing into the nose.

"Ah Yu-" Yin Ziyu held her shoulders with a pale face, and said solemnly: "They will find out about this secret room sooner or later, I will try to delay the time, you keep walking along the secret passage, you must be fast, you must not turn back, you know?" ”

With that, he stuffed a cool jade into the palm of her hand.

"What are you delaying?" The queen suddenly spoke, trembling.

Take your life!

Yin Ziyu didn't answer, but finally confessed: "Zhitong is also in the secret room, please take care of him on my behalf." ”

Before he could finish speaking, a terrible cry came, and the sound of breaking the door suddenly sounded.

"Mother, let's go!" Xin'er's eyes were red, and cold sweat was running down her cheeks.

Yin Ziyu glanced behind him, and suddenly pushed the queen hard.

Then he quickly probed into the mechanism of the secret door, and the two stone doors that looked like the walls suddenly closed.

“…… Ah Yu, stop hating me. ”

In the crack of the stone door, before the last ray of light disappeared, she saw his face full of relief, smiled at her, and said this last sentence.

Outside the inner sanctum, the last obstacle was quickly breached.

In an instant, the sound of the fight suddenly stopped. Apart from the groans of the wounded who fell to the ground, there was only the sound of unhurried footsteps, approaching the inner sanctum.

"It seems that you have been prepared for a long time, and you have transferred all the forbidden troops to Weiyang Palace-" The person who came sneered, and said in a contemptuous tone: "It's a pity that they don't use it—at best, it only delayed my work for half a cup of tea." ”

"What do you want?" Yin Ziyu stared at the other party coldly.

It is clear that I haven't seen it for a few days, and this prince of the Jin State Mansion has added a few touches of silver hair to his temples.

The momentum around the body is not so much cold, but also a bit uncomfortable and weird.

"That's when I ask you, right?" Jin Yuming paused slowly, only three steps away from Yin Ziyu. The look in his dark eyes was like a poisonous snake. "It's obviously something that has been said at the beginning, why did you suddenly regret it? Yin Ziyu, now that you have come to this point, it is all because you can't do it. Have only oneself to blame. ”

"Do you really think you can win?"

"An ant. Are you qualified to talk to me about winning or losing? Jin Yuming stepped forward and took another step closer. In a gloomy tone, he said, "For the sake of you being obedient all these years, I may be able to leave you another way to live—"

Yin Ziyu only looked at him, without a trace of ups and downs in his eyes.

"Hand it over—the talisman of the Ding Cheng Army. And her. ”

The power he wants, and the key man who erases all traces.

"I can give it to you, but you have to remember what you just said - besides, don't hurt Zhitong." Yin Ziyu said.

"Absolutely." Jin Yuming hooked the corners of his mouth needlessly.

Yin Ziyu stepped forward.

"Take it out." Jin Yuming looked at him.

Yin Ziyu pursed his lips slightly, and put his right hand into the sleeve of his left hand-

What was taken out was a cold dagger!

He swung the dagger in his hand towards Jin Yuming.

Jin Yuming's face was pale, his feet moved, and he narrowly avoided the oncoming stab, and the two guards hurriedly raised their long knives and stepped forward to protect him, but Yin Ziyu raised the dagger in his hand again and pounced on him regardless of it!

In his eyes, there is a ruthlessness that wants to die with him!

"Kill yourself!"

"Poof!"

The long knife sank deep into the flesh, and Yin Ziyu's body stiffened suddenly.

There was another sound, and the long knife was drawn, and blood gushed out.

"Bang-"

The dagger in his hand fell to the ground weakly.

Jin Yuming grabbed his neck suddenly, and asked sharply: "Tell me quickly, where is it hidden!" ”

Yin Ziyu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which splashed onto the placket on Jin Yuming's chest, and the bright red blood spread, like the cinnabar ink that was accidentally knocked over in the study stained the painting paper red.

"Hehe......" He let out two sounds that were similar to laughter, but extremely hoarse and terrifying.

Jin Yuming's eyes sank even more, and his strength was used to the maximum.

The sound of Adam's apple breaking sounded, and Yin Ziyu's figure suddenly fell to the screen behind him.

"Immediately seal all exits of the palace! Double-check every place where you can hide! Be sure to bring the queen to see me, and the rest of the idlers and other miscellaneous people will not leave anyone alive! Jin Yuming commanded in a hoarse voice.

"Yes!"

……

In the secret passage, it was pitch black, and there was no light, so I could only move forward by groping.

The queen wanted to turn back several times, but was stopped by Concubine Chen.

"Queen Mother, although I don't know what's going on outside, the only thing I know is that the only thing we should do now is to find a way to survive - only by staying alive can we have the opportunity to think of other possibilities." In the dark, Jiang Ying grabbed one of her arms and said with a burning gaze.

"Niangniang......" Xin'er didn't stop crying along the way.

The queen nodded after all.

She can die, but she can't drag others down.

Especially the girl he pretended to be in his heart.

She already owes too much—

Besides, she had one more important thing to do.

Jiang Ying, who had been blind for a while, adapted to the surrounding environment the fastest, walked in the forefront and opened the way, leading everyone forward.

Yunli followed her closely, not daring to slow down a step.

In the darkness, no one made a sound, only supported each other to walk as fast as they could.

For this sudden change, Jiang Ying was naturally full of doubts, but it was obvious that the most important thing now was to run for her life, not nonsense.

No one knows where this secret passage leads and how far it goes, so saving effort is the wisest decision.

As for the resentment of lying down for no reason, and the regret that a large table of dishes had just moved a few chopsticks and many other emotions, all of them were left behind by her at this moment.

Only by living can we talk about anything else.

“……”

The group didn't know how long they had walked, and suddenly saw a glimmer of light flickering faintly in front of them.

I don't know what the situation is, Jiang Ying suddenly stopped, and subconsciously held her breath.

In the dark, it is the easiest time to lose people's sense of security.

Several people noticed that she had suddenly stopped, and they all stopped, looking ahead in fear.

"Is it the Queen Mother?"

Suddenly, the boy's voice came, tentative.

"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xin'er was overjoyed.

"The Queen Mother?" The voice called again.

“…… It's me. The queen replied to him belatedly, her voice fluctuating imperceptibly.

"The Queen Mother has finally been found!"

The light approached with the sound, and when he got closer, he realized that it was Yin Zhitong holding a round paper lantern the size of a watermelon in his hand.

"My father asked him to secretly take me out of the Jin State Mansion, and brought me here, saying that today is the birthday of the queen mother, and the queen mother wants to play hide and seek with me, so that I can hide here and wait for the queen mother to find me-" He came to the queen, raised his little head and said: "But it is too dark here, I have waited for a long time and have not waited for the queen mother, and I thought that the queen mother was also afraid of the dark and would not find it." ”

"Your Highness, don't be afraid, let's go out." Concubine Chen spoke.

Yin Zhitong just nodded, but suddenly thought of something, grabbed the corner of Concubine Chen's clothes and asked, "Father, why didn't he come over?" ”

Concubine Chen smiled very reluctantly, not knowing how to answer.

"Your Majesty is waiting for us outside." Jiang Ying said.

"Sister Kong is also there?" Yin Zhitong turned his head to look at her.

Jiang Ying smiled at him and asked, "Your Highness, do you remember how Your Majesty brought you here?" How long has it been gone? ”

They have to be prepared.

"It's a dry well at the north gate of the Imperial Garden, and I walked for half an hour after coming down."

The original exit was in the Imperial Garden.

"Your Majesty has arranged this way, presumably someone must have arranged for someone to meet you in the Imperial Garden, let's go over quickly-" Concubine Chen said.

Everyone nodded immediately.

In the darkness, Yin Zhitong suddenly stepped up a few steps to catch up with Jiang Ying, who was walking in front, he held up the lantern in his hand and said, "I'm with Sister Kong—"

"Okay." Jiang Ying took one of his hands and walked forward by the faint light.

After about a quarter of an hour, Concubine Chen, who was supporting the queen, suddenly said, "Wait a minute......

"Concubine Chen, what's wrong?" Jiang Ying stopped and turned back to look at her.

"Someone seems to be coming up ahead......"

Someone?!

Jiang Ying listened to the condensation when she heard the words, but it was only quiet, and she didn't hear any sound.

Xin'er: "Concubine Chen's mother was born in martial arts, and her hearing has always been sensitive, so she shouldn't be wrong-"

"Someone is indeed coming—" In the darkness, Concubine Chen's face was covered with cold sweat, and her tone was very certain.

The crowd was shocked.

I don't know if the person who comes is friend or foe......

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PS: Thank you for the tips from the two sisters~ (To be continued.) )