Because Banxia had been standing behind with her clothes in her hands, and happened to be blocked by Hua Yi and Yue Xiu, no one noticed what she was holding in her hand.

At this moment, seeing Su Hanrui going outside the palace alone, there were only two little eunuchs leading the way, and before Shen Luo could speak, Su Zhi had already shouted at Su Hanrui's back.

"Fourth brother."

Su Hanrui turned around, the palace lights were dim at night, he squinted his eyes and said, "Old Nine? ”

"How is the fourth brother alone? Isn't the fourth brother with the seventh brother? ”

While speaking, Su Zhi and Shen Luo had already walked to Su Hanrui's side, and Su Hanrui nodded.

"Originally, they were together, but after walking for a while, my younger brother and sister said that they seemed to have lost an earring, so the seventh accompanied her back to find it."

With that, Su Zhi and Su Hanrui walked out of the palace together.

Shen Luo glanced at the clothes that Banxia was holding in his hand behind him, thought about it and spoke softly.

She said: "It's dark in the palace at night, and the emperor has always been thrifty, and now some of the bluestones on the stone road are loose, if the road is flat, it doesn't matter, but there are a few steps on the way out of the palace......"

As he spoke, he glanced at the two people who had stopped, and Shen Luo continued: "The Seventh Prince and the Sister-in-law have not been in Beijing for a long time, they must not be familiar with the road in the palace, and those little eunuchs are only afraid that they are not careful enough, so it is better to... Shall I pick it up? ”

Out of courtesy, Shen Luo naturally also set his eyes on Su Hanrui.

Su Hanrui was Su Zhi's brother, and he could have answered or refused at this moment, but he was a very gentle and humble person, so he didn't answer.

Ten years ago, the eldest prince Su Yu and the former emperor died one after another, and there was no one in the court to succeed the prince, although Su Zhi was the most suitable candidate at that time, but compared to the young Su Jingyou and the reckless and impulsive Su Cen, Su Hanrui was actually not bad.

It's just that Su Hanrui's temperament is too gentle, and he got married early and married a princess, so it is not suitable to be a beauty.

At that time, Shangyin was in turmoil, and the rest of the countries were eyeing each other, especially Daxi, who was adjacent to Shangyin, and it was an excuse to rectify the border army and press the border.

After deliberation, Shangyin's ministers decided to send a proton to Daxi in exchange for a temporary stability between Daxi and Shangyin, in order to find a chance to recuperate.

At such a juncture, it is naturally the most beneficial for Shangyin to send the least important prince to be a proton.

In other words, it is better to be a prince who is seven or eight years old.

First, I don't expect him to contribute to Shangyin immediately, and secondly, he is young, his mind is not so deep, and his desire for the throne will not be too heavy, so he will not be resentful because he failed to succeed to the throne and became a proton.

But at that time, the edict of succession had been announced, and Su Jingyou, who was only seven years old, was still young and not enough to take on the important responsibilities of the family and country, but he succeeded to the throne, and Su Ying, at that time, he was still an infant baby.

The remaining three princes, the fourth prince Su Hanrui, the seventh prince Su Cen, and the ninth prince Su Zhi, all three of them will be of great use in the future.

Su Zhi had been appointed regent by the emperor at that time, so he didn't have to think about it, but who to send between Su Hanrui and Su Cen was very difficult for the court.

In fact, Su Cen has a reckless personality, and Proton is in a foreign country, so he will definitely suffer some grievances, and he is actually not very suitable.

Thinking about it, the most suitable one is the humble and gentle Su Hanrui.

But he is the eldest of the living princes, and such a weight makes it difficult for the courtiers to make a decision after all.

Su Hanrui, who already had nothing to ask for the throne, stood up at this time and took the initiative to say that he was willing to go to Daxi as a proton.

How unfair God is, when Shangyin recovered his vitality and took back Su Hanrui from Daxi under coercion, his only beloved princess passed away.

Although he was regarded as a meritorious hero by the whole country, Su Hanrui has stayed away from the government since then, and he has never continued to marry a wife.

Xu has gone through many hardships, Su Hanrui is now more and more gentle, but he has the strength of a dust-free immortal, but he does not have the alienation and arrogance of an immortal, but is gentle and peaceful.

Hearing that Shen Luo said that he was going back to pick him up, Su Hanrui just smiled and didn't interject, waiting for Su Zhi to make a decision.

Su Zhi naturally would not object to Shen Luo's meaning, and after glancing at Su Hanrui, Su Zhi said: "Princess, go, this king will wait for you in the carriage when he leaves the palace." ”

Shen Luo blessed the two of them, and then turned back.

At night, the palace was exceptionally quiet, except for the occasional sound of the uniform footsteps of the guards guarding the palace as they patrolled the palace.

Yue Xiu was left by Shen Luo by Su Zhi's side and was not brought over, and Su Zhi did not object, so at this moment, Shen Luo only had Banxia and Hua Yi by his side.

The three of them walked closer to Lilu Garden, but Shen Luo's brows furrowed.

"Hua Yi, listen, do you have any sound?"

After a while, Hua Yi replied, "No." ”

"Since you are looking for earrings, why is there no sound at all?" Shen Luo muttered.

After walking for more than ten steps, the three of them entered Lilu Garden, and there was really no figure in the garden, not to mention Princess Lu, but even the palace eunuchs dispersed.

The tables, chairs, and snacks on the previous dinner were also cleaned up, and they didn't look like Fang had held a palace banquet at all.

Banxia held the clothes all night, although the clothes were packed in a flat long box, but the long box did not have a box cover, so the clothes accidentally slipped out, and I was afraid that the corners of the clothes would be wrinkled, and Banxia's arms had already been sore.

Seeing no one at this moment, Shen Luo glanced at Banxia's slightly shaking arm: "You don't have to hold it, your clothes will be wrinkled if you are wrinkled, just grab it and don't slide to the ground." ”

"Yes." Banxia responded, and then said, "Then do you still send clothes today?" ”

Shen Luo looked around the empty Lilu Garden: "If you meet Princess Lu, send it." ”

Banxia also looked around the garden: "Look at the situation, Princess Lu has found the earrings and left the palace." ”

Hearing this, Shen Luo shook his head: "We didn't meet Princess Lu all the way over, if the little eunuch led King Lu and them out of the palace, it would probably be along the road we came from, there is no reason to suddenly go another way, and there is no reason not to meet it." ”

"It's past time." Hua Yi said, "Not far from Liluyuan to the west is the harem, the residence of the emperor's concubines, King Lu should not go over, but ......"

Hua Yi wanted to speak and stopped, only waiting for Shen Luo to turn his head to look at her, she continued: "I walked around the palace before the concubine banquet, and from here to the west, before I arrived at the harem, there was indeed a path to turn back, and then follow the previous road to the outside of the palace. ”

The deep meaning in the words is self-evident.

Looking at the path to the west of Lilu Garden, Shen Luo's round magpie eyes flashed with an exceptionally clear light under the reflection of the moonlight.

Hua Yi happened to see half of Shen Luo's face from the side, and she only felt that there was a strange brilliance in Shen Luo's eyes, like... Like a gambler in a gambling house who decides to place a bet.

The only difference is...... Hua Yi thought: Shen Luo is a beautiful gambler.

"Let's go, let's go west." Shen Luo said.

Then she took a step and walked towards the path to the west of Lilu Garden.