Hearing this, Liu Heng let go of Yifang, he silently pinched his fingers a few times, and his worried eyes swept over Yifang, who was coughing violently. Originally, he was thinking about what kind of reason to stop, but fortunately, Deng Tong even gave him a reason.

"This woman is so important to you?" Liu Heng tried not to let them notice his fear.

Deng Tong nodded without hesitation: "Yes, I must protect her at all costs." ”

Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, and his clenched fist was released again: "Go to the side hall and talk!" ”

After Liu Heng finished speaking, he walked out on his own, and Deng Tong glanced back at Yifang, just in time to meet her worried gaze. He opened his mouth and told her "don't worry" with his mouth shape.

Wu Ping has been on an errand in the palace for many years, and he has heard all kinds of words, so he was guarding the door, and the movements in the dormitory naturally listened to it word for word. But with his years of experience, he only intercepted what could be heard, and threw the rest out of his mind. At this time, he had already lit all the candles in the side hall, and turned to the door of the side hall to guard.

"I really didn't expect you to use Chang'an's defense to save her." Liu Heng sighed.

"I didn't expect you to want to kill her." Deng Tong rarely competed with him.

In fact, Liu Heng was just crazy with jealousy, and he couldn't control the impulse in his heart for a while, but obviously he wouldn't say his true thoughts. Because of this, Deng Tong could only think that he really had murderous intentions towards Yifang.

"You let her go, let me take her away, and I will take care of everything in Chang'an for you until you attack Chang'an and sit on the throne." Deng Tong really didn't want to watch Yifang suffer again.

"No, she can't leave." Liu Heng blurted out a refusal, and then said the reason as if he was ashamed, "I can't be sure if she is Empress Lu's fine work yet, if you let her follow you and steal Chang'an's deployment plan, it will ruin all our plans." ”

"I'll be careful."

"No, it's safest for her to stay in the palace." Liu Heng insisted on not letting Deng Tong take her away.

"Yes, she stayed in the palace, and your cause is safe, but what about her safety?" Deng Tong skimmed his face, "I'm worried about this." ”

"I promise I won't do anything to her." Liu Heng blurted out this sentence, as if he was saying it to Deng Tong, and it seemed to be hinting at himself.

But Deng Tong moved his gaze to the hand that he had just pinched Yifang: "Really? ”

"After so many years, you should know me, I will never affect the cause for a woman. If you use her safety as a bargaining chip to help me get things done, I will naturally protect her. "These two men who are usually extremely smart and indifferent in handling things would be so crazy for a woman.

Liu Heng is right, Deng Tong does know him better than anyone else, and he also knows that he will definitely be a good talker. Although Deng Tong wanted to take Yifang away in his heart, Yifang was even more in danger when he followed him. Besides, Empress Lu knew that the family members she had sent to Daiguo were missing, so she would definitely not just forget it. Taking away Yi's room is a small matter, and the follow-up is a big thing.

"You mean to save her life, but you will let her be easily bullied, and she is not as good as an ordinary palace person, and she has to add some new injuries from time to time?" Deng Tong thought that if he wanted Yifang to continue to stay here, then he would at least help her live a better life, "If this is what you mean by preservation, then there is no need." ”

"And what do you say?" Liu Heng hoped that he could hear a satisfactory answer.

But Deng Tong didn't follow his words, but asked rhetorically: "Do you love her?" ”

This question was asked too bluntly, Liu Heng couldn't help but be stunned, he was thinking about this question carefully. In the past, he never cared about the concubines in the harem, but only when the queen mother urged, he would reluctantly deal with those charming women. But since he saw Yifang, he didn't only have political affairs in his mind, and occasionally when he was reviewing the folds, she would suddenly appear in his mind. And when I was with her, I was happy from the bottom of my heart. Even when she was with the other concubines, all she thought about was her. If this is not love, he can't think of anything to call it love.

Liu Heng looked at Deng Tong's serious expression, and always felt that he would take Yifang away from him in the next second, so he decided to tell the truth.

"I love her."

Deng Tong felt a pain in his heart, but finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Then you shouldn't treat her like this." I've heard that you guess I have an affair with her, that's why I'm torturing her these days. But I'll tell you right now, I'm innocent with her, and there's nothing wrong with her. ”

"Yes, I adored her, but she never felt the same way for me. If you are really angry, you should not take it out on her. Yifang is a woman who doesn't put her emotions on the surface, although I don't know what she thinks in her heart, but since you have married her, you should treat her well. Deng Tong's mood also eased a little, "The misunderstanding will be solved after all, but it takes too long to solve the misunderstanding, and even if there is love, it will gradually dissipate." The things you have done to her before will be engraved in her heart like a brand, if you still care about her, hurry up and remedy it, otherwise with what I know of her, the relationship between you and her will come to an end. ”

Deng Tong's words were not unreasonable, and Liu Heng himself felt that Yifang's eyes looking at him had been completely empty from the starlight flickering at the beginning. This sentence "come to the end" kept recalling in Liu Heng's mind, and his heart was suddenly very worried, as if he had fallen into the abyss, and he wanted to grab something in the process of falling, but his hand was empty, and nothing was left.

She ...... Not a heartless person. Although Liu Heng felt that what Deng Tong said was right, he still didn't want to admit this fact.

"If she has affection in her heart, she will naturally not be called ruthless, but if her feelings for you are consumed by what you have done, affection will become ruthless." Deng Tong shattered his illusions with one word.

Liu Heng was really panicked, he never thought that he would lose Yifang, he always felt that as long as she was still by his side, he would always look forward to him and wait for him. But now that Deng Tong shattered his illusions, he realized how stupid his ridiculous jealousy was.

"It's late at night, go out of the palace!" Liu Heng thought about it for a long time, and Deng Tong waited for him for a long time, until he said such a sentence, and Deng Tong knew that he had figured it out.

"Let me see her again."

Liu Heng was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "Go ahead!" ”

In the dormitory, Yifang still maintained the posture just now, tightly wrapped in the quilt and shrunk in the corner, with traces of tears on his face. There was not a single maidservant in the entire dormitory, and she should have been sent out. Deng Tong walked up to her with light steps, and slowly sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay." Deng Tong smiled. This smile was very gentle, different from his charming smile in the past, there was a feeling of fresh breeze blowing on his face.

Yifang didn't make a sound, and Deng Tong said to himself: "If you continue to stay here in the future, life will not be so sad." ”

Yifang still didn't say anything, and Deng Tong continued: "I heard that a servant girl next to you is missing? ”

At this time, Yifang finally reacted, and she grabbed Deng Tong's sleeve: "Her name is Su Zili, she must be in Tongfu Palace, at Mrs. Yu, Deng Tong, you help me save her, I beg you to help me save her!" ”

Yifang had just come back from walking around the ghost gate, and his emotions were a little excited at this time. Deng Tong looked at her who was so beautiful on weekdays and became like this, his heart was full of pain, and he nodded again and again.

"Okay, I'll help you get her back, don't worry. It's a palace maid named Su Zili, right? ”

"Yes, Su Zili, you must find her, I really have no choice, I can only rely on you, I really have no choice." Yifang's words at this time were a little disorganized.

"Don't worry, I'll go now." Deng Tong helped her lie down, "You have a good rest, don't think about anything, and when you wake up, I promise to let you see her." ”

After pacifying Yifang, Deng Tong went to Tongfu Hall as she wished. He had already heard the eyeliner placed in the palace say that these days, Madame Yu, who lived in the Tongfu Palace, was especially favored, but this was not a good master, and it was she who repeatedly made things difficult and made her seriously injured several times.

Deng Tong came to the Tongfu Palace, where there were still a few lights, especially the main hall. But if you look closely, you don't see the figure of Madame Yu, but there are many maidservants in the main hall. The master is not in the temple, but there are so many handmaidens waiting, there must be something strange.

Deng Tong continued to observe the scene inside, and after a while, he saw that the wall of the main hall was opened, and Madame Yu and her personal maid came out of it. Then a few palace maids went over to close the door on the wall, Deng Tong glanced in when he closed the door, and there seemed to be a person wearing a palace maid's costume tied to it, and he suddenly understood that the person must be Su Zili as Yifang said.

When Mrs. Yu finished her business and returned to the dormitory to rest, Deng Tong came to the wall in the dark, opened the door like the maids, and rescued Zili from it. This line went very smoothly, Deng Tong often did this kind of thing when he was in Chang'an, and now it is also convenient.

"You are Su Zili?" Deng Tong still confirmed.

"I'm here to help Yifang save you, you can go first!" Deng Tong took Zili outside the palace wall of the Tongfu Palace, looked at some of the wounds on her body, and asked, "Can you go back by yourself?" ”

Zili was not like the ordinary delicate palace maids, so she naturally nodded: "I can go by myself, what about you?" ”

Deng Tong glanced back at Tongfu Palace: "I also want to give this Jade Lady a big gift." ”

A quarter of an hour later, the news of the water in the Tongfu Hall immediately spread throughout the palace, and the nearby palace maids and eunuchs were all woken up to put out the fire, and in an instant there was chaos in the Tongfu Palace. The fire started to burn from Madame Yu's bedroom, and she was so startled that she didn't even wear shoes, so she ran out unkempt, making those palace maids and eunuchs see a big joke. Fortunately, the fire did not burn vigorously, and after the rush of the palace people, it was quickly extinguished.

Liu Heng knew in his heart that this fire must have been set by Deng Tong in order to vent his anger to Yifang, Deng Tong has always been a measured person, and he is not worried that this fire will really burn at all. When the palace maid from the Tongfu Hall came here to invite him over, she described the fire as bizarre and terrifying, but Liu Heng didn't think so.

He knew that Madame Jade had always been pretentious, and the reasons for inviting him over had always been varied, and he was really tired of it. It was only because Mrs. Yu was Wen Tianqi's daughter that he had to give her great favor on the surface. At this time, although I was tired, I still had to go.

Compared with the liveliness of the Tongfu Palace, the Guangyang Hall is much quieter. Yifang couldn't sleep anyway after Deng Tong left, she was always worried about Zili's safety. Then he simply sat up, leaned on the edge of the bed and looked out.

"Beauty! Beauty! Zili is back from her sister! Tengling's voice pierced the sky and drilled into Yifang's ears.

She was still wondering if Deng Tong was just comforting her, but she didn't expect that the people had already come back now, she was sincerely happy, and quickly opened the door to welcome them in. It's just that as soon as the door opened, Zili was covered in blood, she looked very haggard, and was helped in by Tengling.

"Zili, what's wrong with you? How did it come to this? Yi Fang asked while rummaging through the boxes and cabinets looking for wound medicine.

"It was Madame Yu who caught me, and she wanted to force me to take refuge in her and become an eyeliner she put in your palace. When I refused to obey until I died, she ordered some punishment to be inflicted on me. "Fortunately, Zi still has some strength to speak, and it seems that he shouldn't hurt his muscles and bones.

"Anyway, it's good to be back." Yifang had just walked away from the ghost gate, and he was even more emotional at this time.

"By the way, the person who just saved me was instructed by you?" Zili asked confirmatively.

Yifang nodded: "He is my friend, I am really not sure that I can get someone from Mrs. Yu on the bright side, so I can only ask him to take a trip." ”

"Then you mean to set fire to the Tongfu Temple?"

"Set fire?" The room is unknown.

Zili explained: "After the man rescued me, he went back and set a fire in Mrs. Yu's bedroom, and now there is a fire fighting over there!" Mrs. Jade ran out unkempt without shoes, looking very embarrassed. ”

Yifang finally couldn't help but smile: "This really looks like something he will do." ”

"But on the way back, I saw the acting king hurrying over, and I don't know if it will be thoroughly investigated."

Yifang heard her mention Liu Heng, and involuntarily reached out to touch his neck, and there were bruise-purple marks left after being vigorously pinched. If she used to have a trace of fantasy, now she is really dead. But you have to continue to survive in the palace, and you can't keep being slaughtered like this, otherwise you won't even be able to protect the people around you.