- Seeing that Concubine De was angry and punishing people again, Wang Hong gradually became tired in her heart. Not counting what he persuaded him to stop openly and secretly, just count the time of Medical Officer Chen, who is already the third person who has been punished by her in the past half an hour tonight, and then I don't know which people she is going to see who are not pleasing to the eye.

I don't know why she's so angry today?

If even the palace maid accidentally sneezed when standing beside him, someone slipped his foot when the guard of honor walked, and the maid poured tea a little full...... Such trivial matters have to be punished and punished, and all the servants in the palace have to serve their masters in shackles.

If this is the case, what servant is truly serving the Lord? Everyone has grievances and awkwardness in their hearts, so things like today, when the master can't drink ginseng soup and the slave and maid have to go up, it is likely to really evolve into a deliberate matter.

The pleasure of punishing the person for a while - or not bringing pleasure to the person who punished him at all - but the hidden misfortune left behind can be passed on endlessly.

Wang Hong was originally a forgiving personality, tired of this kind of style, usually when getting along with Concubine De, he tried his best to choose to ignore Concubine De's means, just thinking that this was also her personality and could not be completely reversed. But at this moment, he has been patiently dealing with Concubine De for so long, and his physical discomfort has made him more tired, and he has really reached a situation where he doesn't want to continue to accompany him.

Chang Changshu exhaled, Wang Hong raised his hand and rubbed his chest that was a little sluggish, and said in a tone full of exhaustion: "Okay, mother, this is not a big deal, the sons will be careful in the future, and the medical officers should pay more attention." All the medical officers of the Taiyi Bureau have been selected from all over the country, and most of them are famous doctors. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness. Xia Guan Ming felt guilty, and he will definitely return His Royal Highness's original words and kindness to his colleagues in the Tai Yi Bureau, so as to motivate all the medical officers of the Tai Yi Bureau to do more work for the royal family in the future. The imperial doctor waved his hand and bowed to the prince, and after a slight pause, he said: "The lower official has finished the diagnosis and treatment for the second highness, and seeing that the night is dark, it is the most important thing for the second highness to rest early." The lower officials did not dare to delay. I hereby resign. ”

"There's a labor doctor." Wang Hong raised his sleeves from afar, "Send the medical officer." ”

The two palace maids answered, carrying lanterns to lead the imperial doctor out.

Concubine De walked to the couch again. He sat leaning over the brim. She originally had something to say, about who the owner of Fang Supa was, she hadn't had time to ask, but she saw that the second prince Wang Hong looked very tired at this time. He put these words in his heart for the time being, but reached out and probed his forehead and arm again.

I don't know if the imperial doctor has come. caused some psychological hints, she felt that the prince's body temperature seemed to be calmer at this time, her heart was slightly relieved, and she said slowly: "The concubine originally only planned to come over to see you." I left quickly, but I didn't expect to be delayed for so long. You must be very tired now, and you are only holding up your spirits to accompany your mother. All right. The mother is really going back now, you should lie down and rest. ”

Wang Hong nodded. I really didn't have the energy to talk more, so I prepared to slump into the quilt.

But Concubine De suddenly remembered the advice of the imperial doctor just now, and hurriedly said: "I almost forgot, your underwear has been soaked with sweat, and you have to change it, otherwise you won't be able to sleep well at night." ”

Wang Hong had to sit up again, sighed and said, "Mother, you also said that these things can be handed over to the palace maids to do, and rest assured that they will serve, you can go back and rest early." ”

Concubine De thought about it when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Okay, you have also grown into a man, and some things must be left to you to do by yourself." ”

Concubine De is finally gone.

The palace maids who were accompanied by Concubine De all withdrew from Huayang Palace, and the footsteps became farther away, and the second prince Wang Hong, who was sitting on the couch, had lost the strength to lean on the pillow behind him, his shoulders were tilted, and he lay on the soft and silky brocade quilt, and immediately fell asleep.

After a long time, his shoulders suddenly trembled, and the man immediately came to his senses and sat up from the quilt suddenly.

There was a fog in front of him, and then he saw the face of the eunuch Aja.

Aja kept standing on the edge of the collapse and looked at Wang Hong, trying to wake him up, but he couldn't bear to disturb his sleep. Seeing him wake up suddenly, as if he had just been frightened, Aja's face showed worry, and he asked softly: "Your Highness, are you going to change your sweaty clothes?" ”

Wang Hong's gaze paused on the plain shirt held in Ajia's hand, and he did not give instructions, but asked, "How long did Bengong sleep just now?" ”

"It's not enough time for tea." Aja replied verbally, but in his heart he couldn't help but want to say: This is not sleeping, it is more like fainting for a while.

"It's okay......" Wang Hong seemed to be muttering to himself first, and then said to the eunuch Ajia: "You go out first, and you can only come in when the palace calls you to come in and serve." ”

Aja took the order, left a lamp, and retreated.

When he was about to go out, he heard the prince on the couch call him again, and when he turned around, he saw that although the prince sitting on the couch was still full of tiredness, his eyes were condensed, and he said word by word: "Ajia, thank you for what happened just now." I'll figure out what to do next, or I'll leave it to you, right? ”

Aja had long understood.

Just now, when he heard the prince's order to "take ten steps back" from the inner room of the dormitory, he probably knew that there was one more person in the inner room of the dormitory.

In the face of the prince's re-admonition, Aja's eyes also became solemn, he bowed, and went out without saying anything.

Silence is a promise at this point.

After Aja went out and closed the door, the second prince Wang Hong jumped down from the couch and ran towards the long screen with his shoes on.

couldn't wait to open the wooden door of the one-person-high standing wardrobe, Wang Hong saw that the wardrobe that had moved away from several stacks of quilts was a little empty, this kind of emptiness was difficult to hide, but the palace maid with Concubine De went to the wardrobe three times in a row, and did not find the two people he hid inside......

That's because, there's no one in the closet at all!

So where did the people he hid in before go?

Wang Hong was only slightly puzzled about this matter just now, but at this time, seeing such a strange thing happening in the closet, the doubts in his heart suddenly swelled sharply. He first reached out and waved it in the closet space, making sure that he was not delusional, and he felt a trace of fear grow in his heart.

"Little Star?"

"Aunt Li?"

Wang Hong called softly twice. Subconsciously reached out and knocked on the three side panels of the wardrobe.

As he reached out and knocked on the left side of the wardrobe, he suddenly heard a sound similar to the iron piece popping open, and then he felt a flower in front of him, as if something had jumped out of the closet, and dragged several robes and clothes in the wardrobe out of the way.

The speed of the "thing" jumping out was extremely fast, Wang Hong closed his eyelids hard, and opened his eyes again. And behold, the "thing" was two people.

It was the two people I had just called.

Although the cloth skirt girl Xiaoxing suffered for three years because she went to the Northland. Her body was very emaciated, but her martial arts were still there, and she restrained the woman who was hiding in the closet first with just one move. Until this time out of the closet. One of her right hands still held the same movements as an iron claw, and she twisted the woman's arms around her back, making her unable to move.

His arms were too twisted for a long time, and his qi and blood were blocked. The woman's face was pale, and she still had a lump of cloth in her mouth. As a result, my breathing was not smooth, and my forehead began to sweat like rain after such a toss.

"What are you doing here? Loosen up! Although Wang Hong had expected this scene, there was still a difference between what he saw with his own eyes and what he imagined in his mind. At this time, his face had changed slightly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to unpack the cloth stuffed with the woman's mouth.

See this scene. Xiaoxing, the woman in the cloth skirt, also realized that she seemed to have done something wrong, and quickly let go of the hand that was holding the woman's arms.

The grip on the back is loosened. Some of the women who were already starry in their eyes gave up their legs and fell to the ground.

Wang Hong, the second prince, who was helping her unravel the cloth ball, also squatted down and pulled out the cloth, but saw that it was a cotton sock. Wang Hong raised his hand and threw the socks that were still hanging with the woman's saliva out of the distance, and then stared sideways at the woman in the cloth skirt Xiaoxing, and said with some annoyance: "How can you do this to her?" ”

Xiaoxing was slightly stunned, and immediately knelt down, pleading guilty: "The maid only thinks she is...... She's a villain...... And they took her. Is it a mistake? But why would this person hide in the closet beforehand? Isn't it a spy who intends to spy on His Highness? ”

"Have you ever seen a spy who doesn't know how to do martial arts?" Wang Hong sighed, not wanting to explain too much about this detail. After he looked at the woman carefully and made sure that Xiaoxing did not cause her much damage, his gaze finally stopped on her arm that was still turning back, and immediately ordered: "Quick, massage her arm, don't leave a disability." ”

Roughly determining whether this woman was a friend or foe, Xiao Xing hurriedly began to push and rub her sprained arm for her, and at the same time asked Wang Hong: "Your Highness, who is this person?" Why would you hide her in the closet? ”

"You can't explain this matter in a single sentence, you just need to see her clearly and remember not to embarrass her in the future." After saying this, Wang Hong rubbed the corners of his forehead, remembered what he saw in the closet just now, and immediately asked, "What happened to you in the closet just now?" Those palace maids didn't find you when they went to get the quilt, I came to check, and I only saw the empty wardrobe, where did you hide just now? How did you suddenly jump out later? ”

"Doesn't Your Highness know?" Listening to Wang Hong's question, Xiao Xing's face also showed doubts, "The back of this cabinet is empty, and there is a secret passage. ”

"Secret ......" Wang Hong was surprised.

He had lived in this dormitory for more than ten years, and the row of wardrobes had been placed in front of the solid wall behind the screen for seven or eight years, but he had never noticed that the inside of this wall was hollow. Moreover, this row of wardrobes was a few years ago, and Concubine De saw that he had grown from a child to a teenager, and the size of his clothes had not changed so frequently, so she ordered someone to build a large wardrobe and put it over, and it seemed that Concubine De did not see the mystery behind this wall.

For this, Xiaoxing, who had served Wang Hong for several years, certainly knew it. Seeing the thoughtful look on his face, she also thought about it, obviously she was more suspicious of Concubine De's unkindness than others, and after pondering for a while, she said, "Could it be that Concubine De secretly sent someone to chisel?" She has so many masters under her hands, it is not difficult to do this. ”

"No, it's unlikely to be her." Wang Hong shook his head and said slowly: "This row of wardrobes was given to me by her eight years ago, when I was only about ten years old, and she didn't need to bother at all, just to monitor a ten-year-old child." Besides, I couldn't do as much as a ten-year-old kid at that time. ”

Xiao Xing pondered and said, "She also knows that as Her Highness grows up, it will become more and more difficult to control. Therefore, at the age when His Royal Highness can still control the zhì, she will first chisel the secret passage in the dormitory, and then use it when she needs to use it. ”

Faced with Xiaoxing's second speculation, Wang Hong was obviously silent for a long time, and then he shook his head again and said slowly: "Compared to directly sending someone to monitor me. Chiseled through the walls of Huayang Palace a few years in advance. It's too risky, and it's too obvious. If the maidservants of my palace discover this secret passage, she will not escape the investigation. Because this row of wardrobes was given by her, why did she set herself on fire? ”

This time it was Xiaoxing's turn to be silent.

After muttering for a while, Xiao Xing spoke again, and the object of questioning was still Concubine De: "She can also send someone to take care of this row of wardrobes." This makes it difficult for anyone to discover the secrets in the cabinet. ”

"That's even harder to do, little star. It's not that you don't know that the maids in Huayang Palace are the most loosely disciplined, and the maids who clean and tidy this row of wardrobes every day have never fixed the list. Speaking of this, Wang Hong sighed. The tone changed slightly: "Xiaoxing, what you think about this time, every sentence is directly aimed at Concubine De. There was a clear hatred for her in her words. What's wrong with you? After all, she was the mother who took care of me from childhood to adulthood, even if she did something wrong. But she must have no ill will towards me. ”

Listening to Wang Hong's words, Xiao Xing suddenly realized that no matter what kind of bad image Concubine De has become in her mind now, after all, Concubine De has taken care of him for more than ten years, and she is the most difficult benefactor for him to question and blame.

This kind of kindness, cultivated from childhood to adulthood, is the most deep-rooted, and can most influence the recipient's judgment of certain aspects of the benefactor.

At this moment, Xiao Xing suddenly had a trance in his heart, feeling that he had complied with the prince's instructions to investigate Concubine De, which seemed to be a mistake from the beginning.

Because no matter what the results of her investigation are, the prince, who was taken care of and cared for by Concubine De, will only choose her good aspects in the end, and subconsciously correct the things she did wrong.

If you are very grateful to someone and love someone from the bottom of your heart, there is something wrong with that person, as if there is a right reason for it.

For a moment, Xiao Xing didn't know what angle to think about to continue to discuss the secret passage behind the closet with the prince, so she had to be silent.

The second prince, Wang Hong, was also silent, his eyes fell to the ground, and he didn't know if he was beginning to question whether the secret passage was related to Concubine De, who took care of him when he grew up, or if he was thinking about something else.

When she let go of the woman who had been pulled out of the closet, Xiao Xing had already realized that the woman who had fainted because she had been detained by force for too long was about an extremely important person to the prince, so she deliberately urged some strength from her palm when she pushed her arms that were stagnant with blood and qi.

The woman's qi and blood were quickly excited, her pale face gradually returned to normal, and she quickly woke up, unconsciously breathing a long sigh of relief.

If Lin Shan was present at this time, he would be surprised and at the same time, he would definitely blame this woman a lot. And if Mo Ye is here, it will definitely be surprise and sadness overlapping repeatedly, and excitement and gaffes will be repeated.

But the two men whom the woman knew best were out of sight. Although the same man and a woman were squatting in front of her, the woman was not as well-behaved and quiet as Mo Ye, and she almost broke her arm when she saw her; Although the young man was gentle and kind, with his true identity, she could hardly compare him to Lin Shan.

At the moment when he opened his eyes and saw the person in front of him, before Li Shi could stand up, he directly changed his sitting posture to a kneeling position, and kowtowed: "The poor woman knocks on His Royal Highness the Second Prince." ”

"In the secret, there is no need to be polite." Wang Hong saw that Li Shi was awake, smiled, pointed at Xiaoxing, and said, "Xiaoxing, help Aunt Li get up." ”

After saying this, Wang Hong, who was squatting on the ground, also stood up by himself. But at this moment, he only felt that the sky was spinning, the soles of his feet were floating, and his body shook and he was almost about to fall to the ground.

Xiao Xing immediately let go of the Li Shi who was holding him, took a step forward, and put his cross arm on the prince's skinny shoulder.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Xiaoxing asked anxiously.

Wang Hong stretched out his hand to cover his forehead, patted his mind that was about to become a mess, and said with a little hurry: "I'm a little dizzy, it's okay." ”

Li Shi, who stood up slowly, looked at the prince's hand wrapped in a cloth belt, she had lived half her life and served several masters. It soon became clear the approximate cause of the prince's dizziness. Approaching and holding the other shoulder of the prince, Li Shi said softly: "Sit down quickly, slow down." ”

Wang Hong sat on the chair that Concubine De had just sat on, and when Li Shi was holding his arm, she only felt that although this young man was at the most robust age of a person's growth, in fact, his physique was too thin, and she couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

This is the half-brother of Mo Ye's child. Although it grows in the palace. Brocade clothes and jade food, enjoy all the glory, but it is not as strong as Mo Ye, who she takes care of alone.

After helping Wang Hong sit down, Li Shi looked around the room. So he went to fetch the silk blanket on the couch, and came back and gently put it on the young man's thin shoulder.

Taking this opportunity, the Li family was able to carefully examine the noble prince.

The facial features of a person will change a little as they become adults as they are polished for survival, but at a young age. Most of the facial features are still inherited from the mold of their parents. Looking at Wang Hong's side face, the natural curvature of the corners of his mouth and eyes. and the height of the bridge of his nose, which is slightly similar to Mo Ye, which is probably the same as inheriting his father Wang Chi.

Seeing this similarity, Li Shi couldn't help but think of Mo Ye. Then I remembered Lin Shan. She suddenly felt that thirteen years ago, Lin Shan left Kyoto with Mo Ye, who was still in infancy, and this practice was for Mo Ye. There is not the slightest inappropriateness, not even the correctness of this approach. It can make Mo Ye useful for a lifetime.

If Mo Ye had continued to stay in the palace at that time, what would have been the result now? Li didn't dare to think deeply.

Sometimes simply living can lead to more happiness. If you have to torture yourself physically and mentally for the title of prince or princess, is it worth it or not?

Maybe this royal identity was originally something that Mo Ye deserved, but if she didn't fight for it, she must be cowardly?

Li Shi thought back to Mo Ye's mother, the young lady of the Ye family who had served for several years. Ye Ziqing seems to have a great passion and patience for the ledger that records the money in addition to her love for cooking all kinds of strange meals, but she is actually a lazy person to think.

In addition to tasting all kinds of food and counting silver, Ye Ziqing also likes to wander around, when the Ye family's ancestral house was so spacious, she couldn't stop her steps. At that time, the world outside was so chaotic, and she still liked to run around, which frightened the servants around her.

However, the longer he left his own young lady, the more Li Shi felt that although the days of traveling around the world with his young lady were full of thrills, if a person had that experience, it would not be in vain to live this life.

If Ye Ziqing can live until now, she will definitely continue her preferences to this day. And the companions she chooses to take with her to travel the world today may no longer be some elderly servants, but her grown daughter.

If things really turn out like this, then the status of the princess will undoubtedly become a great obstacle to free walking. And Ye Ziqing's traces of resisting this obstacle seem to have been revealed as early as thirteen years ago - she has a big belly, but she still prefers to live in a simple palace with maids and maids, avoiding the palace.

After sitting for a while, Wang Hong gradually regained some of her spirits, and when she looked to the side, he saw Li's gaze fall on his shoulder, but the look in her pupils floated a little, as if she was wandering somewhere else.

After a little hesitation, Wang Hong prompted: "Aunt Li? ”

The title of Li Shi was called by Wang Hong and Mo Ye.

Since three years ago, Wang Hong has officially started to investigate the cause of the death of Concubine Ye, Wang Hong has found out the village where Concubine Xian's daughter, that is, his half-sister Mo Ye, lived.

Mo Ye kept calling Li "aunt" when he was a child, in fact, Li took care of Mo Yedi meticulously. When he was a young Mo Ye, how many nights did he fall asleep in the lullaby sung by Li's softly. In a sense, Li's existence makes up for some of Mo Ye's lack of maternal love.

Thinking of this, Wang Hong held the same courtesy, and also called her "aunt" when he saw her secretly, but he held a bit of sincerity.

Hearing the call, Li Shi came back to her senses, because her mind was deep in the distant memories just now, and she was a little embarrassed for a while, she smiled a little reluctantly, suddenly sighed again, and said slowly: "The poor woman touches His Highness's noble body, so thin. The poor woman couldn't help but feel a little ......"

Regarding his own inadequacy, Wang Hong didn't want to mention it, so he skipped it with a faint smile. He chose an insignificant word at random, nodded at the woman in the cloth skirt standing beside him with his gaze, and then asked: "This is my maid, she doesn't know your identity, that's why she will do something to you." Didn't hurt you just now, did you? ”

"Handmaid starlet. Fang is reckless and offensive, and I ask Senior Li for forgiveness. Xiaoxing, a woman in a cloth skirt, hurriedly bowed down to Li.

Li Shi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, there is a girl like you who is agile to stay by His Royal Highness's side." Saying anything is more than too little. ”

Hearing the woman's words, a trace of sorrow appeared on Xiaoxing's face. Just now, she was in the secret passage, only separated by a thin wall of wooden planks, and she had already heard the conversation between Concubine De and the prince in the inner room of the dormitory clearly. She had a faint sense of realization. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to come back, even if the prince promised to find a way to take her back just now.

Really. Before Li's words fell, she saw the prince shaking his head slightly, and said softly: "Xiaoxing is no longer my maid. ”

Lai's expression was sluggish, but she soon noticed it. As the prince's maidservant, she should at least be dressed in finely woven ribbons, but the little star girl is dressed in coarse cloth clothes of a folk girl.

Besides. The girl also had a dark red mark on the corner of her forehead. Under the not-so-bright light, Li Shi, who had just woken up from a fainting, thought it was a kind of palace costume at first glance. The flush is drawn on the cheeks. But if you look closely, it's not hard to see that it's actually a broken scar.

Although the candidates for the palace maids are not required to be as beautiful as flowers, their faces must be born upright, and their bodies must not have zài defects, which is the basic criterion for selection.

In the secret passage of the wardrobe just now, Li's hands were reversed and clamped, which made her qi and blood obstructed and dizzy, but she could still hear and remember some of the conversation between Concubine De and the prince. Li Shi didn't remember any sentences about Xiaoxing in those conversations, and she couldn't help but wonder: "Why is this?" Did Little Star Girl do something wrong? ”

"If she did something wrong, it was probably me." Wang Hong glanced at Xiao Xing deeply, and after a moment of silence, he said calmly: "You should have heard it just now, your handkerchief was taken by Concubine De, if she wants to check, you will not be able to avoid it." If she were to check on someone, even if she just picked up a comb that person had used, she could sniff out the traces of the hair oil on the comb. ”

"Xiaoxing knows that in the future, Xiaoxing will find a secret place and live quietly." Xiaoxing hung his head. Although she had already prepared in her heart, this time she secretly entered the palace and told the prince that she had searched for information in the north for three years, and would never come back after that, but when this matter was announced by the prince who she had served for several years, she still couldn't suppress a sadness in her heart.

When he saw his personal maid Xiaoxing return three years after leaving the palace, Wang Hong's original intention was to wash away the sins he deliberately inflicted on her three years ago, and then take her back to him. Unexpectedly, because of Concubine De's surprise visit, he was forced to abandon this plan. If he wanted him to say these words to Xiaoxing in person, he wouldn't feel sad in his heart.

The two of them said it to this point, and Li Shi on the side could probably understand it, and at the same time, she could also hear that there was a hint of reluctance between the words of the two people.

Once, Li Shi also had a lot of reluctance to the death of his young lady, which was goodbye. And life and death are often inextricably linked, so these two words are often put together, although some people are alive, after parting ways and going retrograde, they are gradually drifting away, and it is difficult to see each other again in life.

After a little deliberation, Li Shi said: "Your Highness, in fact, the poor woman has been thinking about it for the past few days, if she stays in His Highness's palace like this again, I am afraid that it will inevitably bring trouble to His Highness." You might as well go out of the palace with the little star girl and stay in a secluded place for a while, if Your Highness has a call, of course, the poor woman can also answer the call at any time, which is also a safe plan for each other. ”

"This idea of yours is good, but ...... Perhaps there is a better way out of this matter. Wang Hong hesitated, and suddenly changed direction, "Do you know where that secret passage comes from?" ”

"Provenance?" Xiao Xing's eyes flashed with suspicion, and he immediately understood, and immediately said: "Because Xiao Xing also broke through the entrance of the secret passage for the first time, and he was worried about His Highness's side, he couldn't continue to go deeper." But just now, Xiaoxing was standing at the entrance of the secret passage, and he could feel a light breeze pouring into the depths of the passage, as if this passage was not shallow. ”

"That's right. If you want to dig a wall and drill a tunnel, there must be loose soil to drain out, but I rarely leave Huayang Palace, and I always sleep lightly at night. But without realizing it, the loose soil could only be sent from the other side. Wang Hong pondered for a while before he continued: "At the back of this room, leaning on a chess house, I have been there many times, but I feel that the four walls of the chess house are very normal, so where does this secret passage space come from?" ”

Li Shi suddenly said at this time: "It can also be a double-layer wall." ”

Wang Hong was puzzled: "Double? How is that fixed? ”

"This double-layer wall can be divided into horizontal and longitudinal double-layers. If Your Highness calls a craftsman to measure the total length of this hall. Or the width of this bedroom. If you compare the cutting distance with that chess house, you can get the result approximately. Li Shi racked his brains and explained with great difficulty, and finally said: "In the early years. The son stayed up all night making drawings, and the poor woman would soon enter his study, either to add some charcoal fire for heating in winter, or to add some herbal tea to quench his thirst in summer and summer. Sometimes he gets disturbed because of this. When the train of thought is interrupted, he simply stops writing and rests for a while. I will also explain some to the poor woman casually. But the poor woman doesn't remember much. ”

"It's okay, you can remember so much, it can already help us a lot." From Li's first rough explanation, Wang Hong has already learned a piece of information with great significance. He looked surprised, and asked Li Shi to repeat what he had just said.

Carefully sorting out this explanation in his mind, Wang Hong showed a happy smile on his face. Said slowly: "If this idea is true, then this secret passage may have existed since the beginning of the palace. It has less to do with the design of the Defei land. ”

Xiao Xing had also understood at this time that this secret passage was not carved out of the inherent wall, but had long been included in the ranks of architectural design, and belonged to the outer wall of the wall.

If you count the construction time of Huayang Palace, it will have to be pushed back to a long time ago. Facing east, the palace can receive the morning sun at the earliest hour every day, even in the cold winter, it can bear more warmth, and the pine forest behind the palace is like a cover, and it can avoid the scorching heat of the west. This palace occupies the foundation of a princess's dormitory in the previous dynasty, and the current emperor has pushed the building full of incense grease powder to build a new Huayang Palace with a rather elegant style and warmth for the second son who is frail.

The age of this palace is almost the same age as that of the Southern Zhao Dynasty. When this palace was newly built, Concubine De was not as favored as she is now, and I am afraid that she could not instruct the core officials of the Ministry of Industry to secretly tamper with the drawings, and after revising the design draft, she kept it secret for so many years.

It's just that after the outer wall of this wall was built, it hid traces very secretly, and this hiding behavior was strange. Since it has long been in the scope of architectural design, why should not the people who live and use this building know? What secrets must be sealed?

Thinking of this, Xiao Xing couldn't help asking: "If the palace was designed like this at the beginning of construction, then what is the significance of such construction?" ”

Wang Hong didn't explain, but just handed his gaze to Li. Li Shi thought for a while, and then explained: "The construction of double-layer walls is generally to block the outdoor heat and exposure in summer, but this kind of wall seems to be mostly built on the periphery, and looking at the approximate location of the secret passage in the wardrobe just now, it seems to be in the middle partition wall. ”

"Instead of speculating for no reason, let's go and see for yourself where that secret passage comes from." Wang Hong, who was silent for a moment, suddenly spoke, and as soon as he finished speaking, he stood up. Mentally so engrossed in the sudden passage that he rose abruptly, and before he could close the thin blanket on his shoulders, the silky softness of the fine plush woven blanket slid down his thin but straight shoulders to his ankles.

Xiaoxing hurriedly bent down to pick up the blanket, and as soon as she stood up straight, she saw that Wang Hong had already walked quickly to the side of the screen, so she had to step up and chase after it.

Wang Hong opened the wardrobe door and scanned it again, but still didn't find anything, so he raised the doubt he had when he opened the cabinet door before: "I still can't see what secret passages can be in this cabinet, how did you get through?" ”

Although Wang Hong was thin, he was very tall, and Xiao Xing stood in front of him, and his forehead was no more than his lips.

Xiao Xing tiptoed and lifted the silk blanket in his hand onto Wang Hong's shoulder again, and pinched the two corners of the blanket to tie a knot in front of his neck, making the blanket a simple cloak that could not be thrown off lightly. After doing this, she opened her mouth to explain the secret of the secret passage: "The door of the secret passage has been specially controlled, and one person cannot open it, so two people need to step on both ends of the cabinet on the left and right. ”

"That's really hard to spot." When Wang Hong heard this, a hint of novelty appeared in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Generally, only clothes are placed in the closet, even if palace maids usually come to clean up clothes, there is no need to stand in." And hiding people like me in it, and hiding two at once, is also a very rare thing. Xiaoxing, am I lucky to be hit? ”

At this time, Xiaoxing's face did not have a relaxed expression, because she had already seen that the prince was really going to go in and find out.

(To be continued)