- 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, and he had never noticed that the 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. I saw a thoughtful look on his face. She thought about it, too. Obviously, she speculated more about 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 it?" 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. Said slowly: "This row of wardrobes was given to me by her eight years ago. I was about 10 years old at the time. She didn't have to bother with it, just to spy on a ten-year-old. 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 with the growth of His Highness. It will become more and more difficult to control zhì, so she will first chisel the secret passage in the dormitory at the age when His Royal Highness can still control zhì, and then use it when she needs to use it. ”

In the face of Xiao Xing's second speculation, Wang Hong was obviously silent for a long time, and then he shook his head again and said slowly: "Compared with the method of directly sending people to monitor me, it is too risky to chisel through the walls of Huayang Palace a few years ago. The handle is also left too obvious. If the maidservants in my palace discover this secret passage, she will not escape investigation, because this row of wardrobes is given by her, why should 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, so that it will be difficult for anyone to discover the secret in the cabinet The first imperial merchant, the best crown princess." ”

"This one is even more difficult to do, Xiaoxing, you don't know. The maids in Huayang Palace are the most lax in their rules. The maidservants who clean and tidy this row of wardrobes every day have never fixed the list. Speaking of this, Wang Hong sighed, and said in a slightly changed tone: "Xiaoxing, you are thinking about it." 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 is the mother who has taken care of me from childhood to adulthood. Even if she had done something wrong, she had no ill will towards me. ”

Listening to Wang Hong's words, Xiaoxing suddenly realized. Tong Guò went to the north in the past three years to do a lot of investigations, no matter how bad the image of Concubine De has become in her mind, but in Wang Hong's place, after all, Concubine De has taken care of him for more than ten years, and 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. The sight of her almost broke her arm; 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 sober, smiled, pointed at Xiaoxing, and said, "Xiaoxing." Aunt Fu Li got up. ”

That's it. 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 was shaking. I almost fell to the ground.

Xiaoxing immediately let go of the Li Shi who was holding him. Get one step ahead. The cross arm rested on the prince's scrawny shoulders.

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

Wang Hong stretched out his hand to cover his forehead and patted his mind that was about to become a mess. His breath was a little hurried: "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 for half her life, served several masters, and soon understood the general 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, he only felt that although this young man was at the most robust age of a person's growth, but in fact his physique was too thin, and she couldn't help but feel a little distressed that the wealthy family was favored and his wife was obedient.

This is the half-brother of Mo Ye's child. Although she grew up in the palace, enjoyed all the glory and glory, she was not as strong as Mo Ye, who she took care of alone.

After helping Wang Hong sit down, Li Shi looked around the room, went to get the silk blanket on the couch, 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 somewhat as they become adults, but when they are young, most of their facial features are still inherited from 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. are 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, and then thought of Lin Shan. She suddenly felt: thirteen years ago. Lin Shan left Kyoto with Mo Ye, who was still in infancy. This practice is for Mo Ye. There is no trace of inappropriateness, and even the correctness of this approach can make Mo Ye useful for the rest of his life.

If Mo Ye continued to stay in the palace at that time. What will be 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 distant memories just now, she was a little embarrassed for a while, she smiled a little reluctantly, suddenly sighed again, and said slowly: "The poor woman touched His Royal Highness's noble body, so thin, the poor woman couldn't help but be 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 made a move on you, didn't hurt you just now, right?" ”

"Servant girl Xiaoxing, there is something 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, with a girl like you staying by His Highness's side, it's more than too little to say anything." ”

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 faintly realized that she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to come back, even if the prince promised to find a way to take her back just now.

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

Li's expression was sluggish, but she soon found that as the prince's maidservant, she should at least be dressed in finely woven ribbons, but the little star girl was dressed in coarse cloth clothes of a folk girl.

In addition, there was a dark red mark on the corner of the girl's forehead. Under the light of not too bright lights. Li Shi, who had just woken up from fainting, thought it was a kind of palace dress at first glance, and the red was painted on his 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 Shi's hands were reversed and clamped, which made her qi and blood blocked, and she was dizzy. But. She can 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 Xiaoxing deeply. 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 can't avoid it. If she wanted to check on someone, even if it was just a handful of that person's used comb. You can also sniff out the clues from 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 again, but when this matter was announced by the prince who she had served wholeheartedly for several years, she still couldn't suppress a sadness in her heart...... (To be continued......)