241. Chapter 243: Fleeing in the middle of the night
Late at night, the whole palace was silent.
Several figures broke into the Imperial Garden and made a detour into the Xiangyun Palace.
The palace maid who was on vigil only had time to see a figure, and before she could even make a sound, she was knocked to the ground.
Since Bailiyi was imprisoned in the prison, Concubine Li, that is, Bailiyi's biological mother and former queen, has been in fear all day long, and she can't sleep well at night, and often wakes up in the middle of the night.
In the previous Xiangyun Palace, there were hundreds of palace maids, but now in Xiangyun Palace, there are only four palace maids waiting, and there is no one in the chamberlain, and the four palace maids are not on duty in Xiangyun Palace before.
The palace maids who were on errands in Xiangyun Palace before were all transferred to other palaces, and these four palace maids were sent by the Empress Dowager, and their names were to serve Concubine Li, which was actually eyeliner.
Two palace maids were keeping vigil outside, and two palace maids were on duty inside.
After the black-clothed men put down the two palace maids at the door, they rushed in, and the two palace maids inside were sitting on chairs and dozing off, sleeping very lightly, and were awakened by the sound of footsteps.
"There are assassins, help......"
One of the palace maids shouted and wanted to run into the inner hall, but was hit in the back by the scabbard thrown by the man in black, and the acupoint was pointed, unable to move, and the other palace maid was directly frightened and fainted.
Concubine Li didn't sleep well, she woke up when she heard the voice of the palace maid, picked up the quilt and shrunk into a ball, Su Qingyan slept in Concubine Li's bedroom, since the failure of the Baili Rebellion, she was the same as Concubine Li, nervous all day long.
When she opened her eyes when she heard the movement, she was also startled when she saw Concubine Li sitting at the head of the bed with her arms in her arms, looking frightened.
As soon as he got up, he saw several men in black walking in.
Concubine Li was just a little scared, but when she saw the man in black, she screamed and jumped up, ran to Su Qingyan's place, hid behind Su Qingyan, and secretly stretched her head out, "Who are you and what do you want to do?" ”
Su Qingyan was also afraid, but she could still think about it, with her understanding of Bai Li Yu, since he let her and Concubine Li go, he would definitely not secretly send people to kill them, these people were definitely not sent by Bai Li Yu.
Seeing that they are all strong, holding long swords, and with murderous aura all over their bodies, even the guards in the palace do not have such a strong murderous aura, so they can only be people from Xiaoyao Pavilion.
The man in black glanced at Su Qingyan, then at Concubine Li, and asked, "Who is she?" ”
"She is my daughter-in-law, don't kill her." Concubine Li said timidly, she looks like this, and the woman who was a strong mother in the world before.
The man in black looked at Su Qingyan again. Baili Yi only married two women, the crown princess's face was red and white, and Liangdi's face was ruined and covered with a scarf.
At this moment, the woman standing in front of them had just gotten up, her hair was messy, and she had no face towel on her face, and her face was crawling with scars, and there was no doubt that she was the prince Liangdi.
"Can she be trusted?" The man in black asked again.
Life and death are uncertain, Concubine Li has already regarded Su Qingyan as her only support, grabbed Su Qingyan's arm tightly and nodded: "Reliable and reliable." ”
After hearing this, the people in black all knelt in front of Concubine Li, and Concubine Li was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak out, Su Qingyan asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
One of the men in black said, "Please ask the concubine to rescue the prince and the master of the Ye hall." ”
"I save?" Concubine Li was stunned for a moment and then laughed, "I can't even save myself now, how can I save my son and Hall Master Ye?" ”
"Concubine, listen to their thoughts first, maybe there is really a way to rescue His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Su Qingyan said. She didn't like the life in this deep palace, and when she first entered the palace, it was just for Baili Yu.
Now, she no longer has any reason to stay in the palace, and she doesn't want to stay in this sad place, so it's naturally good to be able to go out.
After laughing, Concubine Li also calmed down, there are many killers in Xiaoyao Pavilion, maybe there is a glimmer of life.
"How do you want to save it? As long as I can help, I will not hesitate to break my bones. Concubine Li said.
The man in black said: "Whenever the new emperor ascends the throne, he will give amnesty to the world, according to the crimes committed by the prince and the Ye hall master, even if the world is amnesty, he will not pardon the crimes, this requires the concubine to dredge the guards of the prison, as long as we can go in, we can rescue the prince and the Ye hall master." ”
"Are you trying to take advantage of the chaos to rob the prison?" Su Qingyan's tone was a little incredulous, the heavenly prison was heavily guarded, and it was definitely not a few people with strong martial arts who could rob the heavenly prison, and if it was a little worse, not only would they not be able to save people, but they would also be killed earlier.
The man in black shook his head, "No, we will buy off the criminals in the prison and exchange identities with the crown prince and Ye Hall Master, this method is the safest." ”
After hearing this, Su Qingyan finally saw a glimmer of hope, this method had been used by someone a long time ago, saying that the son of an outsider had committed homicide, and his crime and punishment could not be pardoned, so he used money to dredge the official in charge of pardoning and transferred his son out.
"Concubine, whether they can rescue the prince and Hall Master Ye depends on them."
Concubine Li nodded, "Don't worry, over there, I will find a way to dredge it up over there." ”
When the man in black had achieved his goal, he set off to leave.
Three days later, the emperor was released, the new emperor ascended the throne, the whole country celebrated, and the world was amnesty.
The convicts who were pardoned were divided into several batches according to the severity of the circumstances, and the people of the Xiaoyao Pavilion decided to transfer the convicts when the second group of convicts were pardoned.
As for Concubine Li, she had to buy off the guards of the prison before the pardon time, so that the people of the Xiaoyao Pavilion could enter.
On this side, they are discussing how to rescue Bailiyi, while on the other side, because they have just taken over state affairs, many things need to be done by Baili Yu himself, and he has no time to take care of the affairs of the prison, but let Baili Feng and Bai Liyang be responsible.
Baili Feng was afraid that Baili Yi would escape, so he asked Bai Li Yi to be locked with iron chains, and ordered someone to wear his ankle bone, if he stayed alive, his feet would be fine, and if he forcibly escaped, he was afraid that he would only be able to sit in a wheelchair in the future.
Ye Yong was seriously injured, so he only locked his hands and feet, and sent people to guard them firmly.
It is precisely because of the precautions that Baili Feng and Bai Liyang are not worried that Bai Liyi will escape.
Xiangyun Palace, in the past, was the most lively palace except for the Queen Mother's Yongning Palace, but now, it is the most deserted in the entire palace.
In the past, Concubine Li often complained that there were few people in the palace, but now, she is glad that there are only four palace maids in the palace.
The four palace maids were all transferred outside the palace by her, and they were not allowed to enter without her permission.
In the inner hall, Concubine Li and Su Qingyan rummaged through the cabinets, and in the center of the hall, there was a hill of gold, silver and jewelry, all of which were accumulated by Concubine Li when she was the queen.
"These, you take them for general use, these, we will take them out of the palace." Concubine Li pushed half of the jewelry in front of Su Qingyan.
Su Qingyan nodded, found something to wrap the jewelry.
The palace was very lively on this night, and the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager held a banquet in the palace, one to celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne, and the other to celebrate the peace of the world.
Concubine Li was not invited, and now Xiangyun Palace is like a cold palace, how can the concubines in the cold palace participate in the banquet?
The lively singing sound came into Xiangyun Palace, and Concubine Li stood in front of the hall, looking in the direction of that side and was stunned.
Su Qingyan packed up her baggage and walked out, and said softly: "Concubine, let's go, if people find out, they won't be able to leave, over there in the prison, I have already taken care of it, we just need to go out of the palace and wait for the prince." ”
Concubine Li was stunned and pointed to the front, "Did you hear that?" ”
Su Qingyan said: "It's so lively, how can you not hear it?" ”
"Back then, when I entered the palace, it was even more lively than this." Saying that, Concubine Li looked at the crescent moon in the sky, "After a few years in a hurry, it was like a lifetime, I thought I would never go out for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect ......"
"Concubine, let it pass, let's go." Su Qingyan took Concubine Li's hand and helped her out of Xiangyun Palace.
Except for some guards and maids on duty in the palace tonight, everyone else was transferred to the banquet.
In addition, Su Qingyan had already bought off the guards on duty, and the road out of the palace was very smooth.
When the banquet was over, the Empress Dowager asked the palace maid to bring some food to Concubine Li, only to find that the Xiangyun Palace was empty.
As soon as Baili Yu got the news, he sent guards to chase after him, but he didn't catch up with anyone for a night.
That night, Baili Yu ordered the city gate to be blocked, and the next day, Bai Lifeng was sent to guard the city gate, and he had to go through inspection when he left the city.
For a whole day, I didn't see Concubine Li and Su Qingyan appear at the city gate.
The next day was the day of the pardon of the second batch of criminals, and when all the criminals who were pardoned had left the prison, a guard came to report that Bai Liyi and Ye Yong were not in the prison.
When Bai Lifeng heard this, he remembered that there was a prisoner who was seriously ill and was lifted out before, and there was a prisoner who went out in a wheelchair because of a broken leg.
Ye Yong was seriously injured, and he was not treated in time, his condition could not improve, it would only get worse day by day, and it was not surprising that he was raised out of the prison without getting out of the prison.
And Bailiyi, if he forcibly breaks free from the chain, he will definitely not be able to walk, and the person in the wheelchair is extremely similar to Bailiyi's figure.
"I thought that if he locked his feet, he would not escape, but I didn't expect that he would escape from the prison despite his disability." Bai Li Feng punched the wall, Bai Li Yu asked him to be responsible for pardoning the criminals, but now, he let Ye Yong and Bai Li Yi go, and if he didn't chase people back, he didn't have the face to see Bai Li Yu.
"Calm down." Seeing that he was so excited, Bailiyang persuaded, "The emperor has ordered the city gate to be blocked, even if they escape from the prison, they may not be able to get out of the city." ”
After Baili Feng heard this, he went straight to the city gate without stopping, vowing to chase Baili Yi back.
A hidden courtyard in the south of the capital, this courtyard has been uninhabited for many years, the houses in the courtyard are dilapidated and crawling with cobwebs, Baili Yi and Ye Yong were brought here after being rescued.
The reason why Concubine Li and Su Qingyan, who escaped from the palace the day before, were able to avoid the pursuit of the palace guards was also because there were people from the Xiaoyao Pavilion who responded outside the palace.
At this time, Concubine Li was wearing coarse cloth clothes, and hurriedly walked out with Su Qingyan's support, and when she saw Bai Li Yi in a wheelchair, tears fell down.