The night is getting deeper, and the row of cover rooms at the back of the main courtyard of the palace is in silence, and the palace lamps under the eaves gently rotate with the night breeze, exuding a faint yellow light.

Lime rolled over, and in a daze, heard the sound of Suosuo's clothes grinding in the room. When she opened her sleepy eyes, she saw Qingtao getting up from her bed lightly, and subconsciously opened her mouth to ask, "Qingtao?" You're going out so late? ”

Qingtao didn't seem to expect Lime to wake up, she paused in the action of tying her belt, and then whispered: "I have an urgent need to urinate and want to go to the toilet, do you want to go with me?" ”

Lime yawned and closed her eyes again, "I'm not going, you be careful, go and come back quickly." I always feel that the palace seems to be a little unpeaceful recently, you have to pay attention to safety......"

She babbled and soon began to breathe evenly.

Qingtao stood in place and waited, staring at Lime's face for a long time with a pair of dark eyes, before slowly opening the door and walking out gently.

Qingtao went out, and the night breeze of late autumn made her can't help but shrink her neck, she lowered her head, and walked quickly to the clean room for the next person under the swaying palace lamps and shadowy shadows.

This huge palace without any movement except for the sound of the wind seems to have slept with the night, and the green peach walks quickly, as if in a hurry, and as if afraid, he does not squint and goes straight to the clean room.

"Princess?" She had barely walked in when someone approached her in the darkness.

Qingtao was honest and cautious in front of people, only raised her eyebrows slightly, and the whole person looked vivid, "How is it?" ”

"It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, please leave with your subordinates immediately, and your subordinates and others will escort you back to Yandi safely." A little girl who looked no more than eleven or twelve years old knelt in front of Qingtao, her voice was still a girl's crisp and pleasant, but her little face was full of tension and seriousness. "Tomorrow the house will clean up another pond, and the body of that maid will no longer be able to hide, and you will be exposed to people immediately."

"It was not easy for this palace to get in, and it was not easy to come to this point, how can you be willing to leave like this?" Princess Huanting, who had a green peach face, snorted coldly, and there was a cold light flowing in her eyes, as if she was brewing highly poisonous juice. Then, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, revealing a cold smile, which was very eerie, or cold.

The little girl kneeling on the ground was in a hurry, "The princess must not act rashly at this time!" Do you know that the Yan army camp was attacked by the enemy army earlier, and the Yan army died quietly thousands of people overnight, everyone died in the same way, they all died in their sleep, but the people in the same camp did not hear a sound at all, and the eighth prince was also cut off in his sleep and hung on the gate of the border city. All of them had one thing in common, except for a bloody hole in their chest, there were no side injuries, and they were not poisoned. I heard that this was a mysterious weapon used by the Great Liang, but His Majesty still hasn't figured out what caused their wounds and how they managed to kill them with one blow. But it is obvious that the Yan Kingdom is now at a disadvantage, and the peace talks are bound to take place, if the new emperor of the original Great Liang still intends to coerce His Majesty to negotiate peace with him by arresting you, he will definitely not easily hurt your life, so it doesn't matter if he is discovered, but now, ...... Now you have no value to use in peace talks. Your subordinates are really worried, if you don't leave as soon as possible, you will fall into the hands of the new emperor of Daliang, I am afraid that you will ...... I'm afraid it's not good. ”

Princess Wanting's face was hidden in the darkness, except for a pair of bright and somewhat excessive eyes, her expression was very calm, so calm that the maid couldn't help but look up at her. "Princess?"

"Are you okay?" Princess Wan Ting asked lightly without hope.

"The subordinates and others have fought for their lives, and they will protect the princess from Daliang." The little girl was overjoyed when she heard this, thinking that Princess Huanting had finally figured it out and was willing to leave Daliang with them. "Without further ado, let's go! The subordinates let them lure the secret guards in the shadows away, the princess doesn't have to worry, we will definitely be able to get out safely. ”

Princess Wan Ting's eyes flowed, and she said casually, "Who said that the palace was leaving?" The main palace can't go now, until the last moment, and the winner or loser hasn't been seen yet, the main palace won't go! ”

She said, snorting lightly, "What if it falls into the hands of He Zhizhou, this palace wants to see if he can really be ruthless enough to ask for the life of this palace!" ”

"Princess!" The little girl hurriedly kneeled two steps closer to her, "You know...... And why gamble with your own life? ”

Just looking at He Zhizhou's protection of that woman so tightly, and he rushed from the palace every night to talk to that woman, I knew that the princess wanted to get the new emperor of Daliang, and there was no chance of winning at all! Why is the princess so desperate, willing to take risks rather than leave, this is not at all like the resolute and ruthless princess she is familiar with!

Seeing that she was so anxious, and even begged her to leave, Princess Huanting finally put away the unfathomable smile on her lips and said lightly: "If you can go, just leave as soon as possible, there is no need to stay here to accompany the palace to die." ”

"Princess, stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood, don't do anything stupid. When we return to Yan Kingdom, Your Majesty will be very fond of you, but you will not be able to ...... with the new emperor of Daliang Your Majesty will also pick you the best colt! ”

"Go back to Yan Kingdom?" Princess Huanting chuckled, and the meaning in her eyes was indistinguishable: "Silly girl, I can't go back to this palace." ”

"How so?" The little girl looked at her blankly and muttered in disbelief, "Why can't you go back?" Your Majesty loves you so much more than all the princes, as long as you go back, everything will still be the same as before......"

Princess Wan Ting shook her head, looked through the dark night, and said lightly: "The palace took it upon herself to return the woman to He Zhizhou after making a fool, and the brothers in the palace who had long been unpleasant to the eyes of the palace must have given the palace a lot of eye medicine in front of their father, and the war was lost again and again, and the life of the starling brother was all due to the willful and reckless behavior of the palace at the beginning. Even if my father loves the palace again, I am afraid that he has already abandoned the palace in this matter. Rather than go back and be casually stuffed to a man, this palace would rather fight with He Zhizhou and that woman here to the end! ”

"Princess......" the little girl looked at her stunned. Things may not have gotten to the point where you said they were, so why should you ......"

"Alright." Princess Wan Ting finally got impatient, "If you let you go, you can leave, is it true that you want to stay and die with this princess?" ”

She finished scolding in a low voice, and without looking at the weeping little girl again, she turned and opened the door and walked out.

The little girl who was kneeling on the ground watched her leave in a daze, watched the door open and close, and finally slowly fell to the ground, kowtowed three times in the direction she left, and then her light body slipped out like a loach from the air window that seemed to fit only one head.

Early the next morning, Mingyue, who was sleeping in a daze, got up and went to the clean room, and Xiaotan, who heard the movement, hurriedly walked in and waited at the door of the clean room, waiting for Mingyue to freshen up.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard two screams coming from the clean room. Xiao Tan was shocked, and was about to run into the clean room, when Hong Fei rushed in like a gust of wind against her, and followed closely, she heard Hong Fei also let out a short and surprised exclamation.

Xiao Tan felt more and more uncomfortable, her heart was pounding, she almost ran in with a roll, pushed away the stunned Hongfei at the door, looked up, and then, she couldn't help but exclaim, looking at the two Mingyue in front of her who were wearing the same snow-white shirt and having the same face, and said in a daze: "Princess? ”

There were two Princess Mingyue standing by the window, whose faces were exactly the same and their expressions were equally frightened, looking at each other!

……

When He Zhizhou received the news and hurried back to the palace, the main courtyard of the regent palace was already surrounded by water, ensuring that not even a fly could fly out.

Xiao Tan, who pinched his fingers and looked anxious and frightened, saw He Zhizhou who was walking towards him with an expressionless face, and greeted him blankly, "Your Majesty, you can count it back, princess, she ......"

"How?" He Zhizhou didn't stop at his feet, and asked in a deep voice.

"The two princesses are almost identical, and even the movements are exactly the same, and the slave maid has served the princess since she was a child, and she can't tell which one is real and which one is fake." Xiaotan blames herself very much, she has been by the princess's side for more than ten years, and she can't even tell the difference between the real and fake princesses.

He Zhizhou nodded to show that he understood, it was easy to identify which one was really Mingyue, what he was worried about was that Mingyue had been approached by Princess Huanting, and that woman was desperate, and she would be ruthless to Mingyue!

For now, it is better to see that the bright moon is okay before you can rest assured.

The two bright moons sitting side by side in the room saw He Zhizhou hurriedly walking in, and they all stood up and took two steps forward to meet him. Probably because the movements were too uniform, the two bright moons stopped at the same time and looked at each other expressionlessly.

He Zhizhou paused, squinting slightly at the two people in front of him who even pursed their lips slightly with the same curvature. The height is similar, the body shape is not the slightest difference, the same dress, the same expression, more similar than the twin sisters.

Hong Fei stepped forward with a solemn face, "When the subordinates heard the movement and entered, the princess had already been dumbfounded, and neither of them spoke, so they couldn't tell who was real and who was fake." ”

The real Mingyue was dumbfounded, the fake one refused to speak, and pretended to be like this, Hongfei, Green Sleeves and Xiaotan stared at each other, and they couldn't tell who was real and who was fake. The two of them sat there, and they didn't even raise their eyes to drink water, and they were both expressionless at the moment, and it became more and more difficult to distinguish.

He Zhizhou still looked at the two people silently and did not speak.

Someone from outside hurriedly ran in, it was a lime with an anxious face: "Your Majesty, princess, the mother-in-law who cleaned the pond came to report that she found Qingtao's body in the pond not far from the main courtyard." ”

There was sadness and grief on her face, and she looked at the two princesses sitting in the room, and she didn't know who to turn her hateful eyes on for a while!

He Zhizhou waved his hand and motioned for the lime to go down.

Among the two people in front of him, one must be the real bright moon. Since they suspected that Princess Huanting pretended to be one of the green peach or lime to sneak into the palace, Hongfei and Greensleeve did not have to accompany Mingyue to the clean room - the reason was that Mingyue was stared at and couldn't get up, and when He Zhizhou came over at night, at other times she really followed Mingyue closely without blinking, and Princess Huanting couldn't do it at all if she wanted to deal with Mingyue like Qingtao. She can only pretend to be Mingyue, and then sneak in while Mingyue is in the clean room, she only has such a chance!

He Zhizhou was actually a little puzzled, Princess Huanting was able to dress up as Mingyue and smoothly touch the clean room, but then she only clicked on Mingyue's dumb hole, and she didn't even control her actions, let alone take the opportunity to take Mingyue's life, but for what?

Just for fun?

The two bright moons stood in front of him, but they refused to approach, as if they were afraid of something, separated by a distance of three steps. When the two identical faces looked at him, they were eager to open their mouths to speak, but they couldn't say anything.

Of course, one is really unspeakable, and the other is pretending not to be able to say it, but it is also pretending that people can't see the slightest mistake.

He Zhizhou tentatively took a step forward.

The two bright moons gasped in unison, and hurriedly took a step back with anxious expressions, as if not letting him get closer.

He Zhizhou couldn't help frowning.

"By the way, Your Majesty, this was found in the clean room." Hong Fei hurriedly stepped forward, holding a few pieces of paper with written words in both hands and handing them to He Zhizhou.

He Zhizhou took it and stared at it, and the first one was simply written with a few words: recognize me, kill me.

The second reads: In half an hour.

Chapter 3 reads: If she is not recognized for half an hour, she will surely die.

It's a provocative game.

He Zhizhou didn't know what Princess Huanting had done to Mingyue, her fingers pinching the paper tightened, her face suddenly became shy, not angry but mighty, looking at the two bright moons in front of her, her eyes were as sharp as knives, which made people involuntarily tremble.

And the two bright moons in front of him showed puzzled and worried looks because of his change of face, and then couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both frowned in disgust.

"It's not fun." He Zhizhou finally said lightly, "If you take the initiative to give up, I decide to open up to you, and let someone escort you back to Yan Kingdom safely, what do you think?" ”

Naturally, no one answered him.

The two bright moons still pursed their lips and frowned, and when they went to see He Zhizhou, their faces were full of anxiety, helplessness, anger, and annoyance that He Zhizhou couldn't recognize.

"Why don't you let me get closer?" He Zhizhou asked again. His eyes fell on the two faces in front of him for a moment, trying to see a different look on their faces.

However, he was disappointed again, and the two bright moons looked at him and shook their heads vigorously, their faces full of worry.

His gaze flashed quickly, but in the end he still made him notice the difference, one of them Mingyue had obvious anger in his eyes, and the other eye flashed with sadness.

He couldn't tell for a while whether Mingyue should be angry or sad at this time. Their performance only made him affirm one thing, that is, Mingyue was taken by Wan Tinggong, and getting close to her would inevitably affect him, so Mingyue refused to let him get close! Except for the fear that he would get closer, according to her nature, she should be very angry. But if he guessed wrong......

He Zhizhou's eyebrows frowned even tighter, and the palms of his hands, which were still holding the paper, were soaked in cold sweat and became slippery and sticky. In half an hour, he wasted a lot of time rushing from the palace, and half an hour was coming soon!

"Before going to bed last night, you answered me something, do you remember what it was?" He Zhizhou thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice.

Their private words, except for the real Mingyue, Princess Huanting will never know.

Sure enough, one of the bright moons briefly showed a blank look on his face, and quickly glanced at the other bright moon out of the corner of his eye.

The other Mingyue blushed instantly, and couldn't help but glared at He Zhizhou coquettishly.

Before going to bed last night, he was boiled by the wolf blood shouted again by her delicate "Brother Wang", pressing her to have another pleasant game, Mingyue was tired and afraid, begging for mercy, so he had to promise him with tears in his eyes, and compensated him in another way that he had been thinking about for a long time tonight, so that he finally fell off her.

He Zhizhou's eyes were like torches, and he shot like lightning and struck at the bright moon on the left.

That Mingyue showed a look of chagrin and unwillingness on her face, and she turned around and wanted to pounce on Mingyue beside her. But He Zhizhou came too fast, and before she even grabbed the corner of Mingyue's clothes, she was choked by He Zhizhou, who flew in.

"You are bent on death, and I will fulfill you!" His grim tone whispered softly in her ears.

Princess Huanting, who was exposed, could feel the sound of her throat being pinched vigorously, and she had no doubt that the man in front of her who she loved would really take her life in the next moment. It didn't kill her for the time being, but it was just because of the woman not far from her.

At this time, Hong Fei had also stepped forward quickly and unlocked the dumb hole where Mingyue was restrained.

Mingyue couldn't help coughing, but pushed Hong Fei away a little, and said in a dumb voice, "Don't get close to me." ”

He Zhizhou Huo turned his head to look at Mingyue, one hand was still firmly locked around Princess Wanting's neck like an iron claw, and asked Mingyue worriedly, "What did she do to you?" ”

Mingyue glared at Princess Huanting angrily, her eyes turned red, "Quickly let someone prepare hot water, and then smoke the house with atractylodes sulfur." Don't come near me, let the Imperial Doctor come and treat me first......"

At this time, she didn't care about being shy, so she hurriedly took off her underwear in public, and said hatefully: "This madwoman doesn't know when she hid in the clean room, and as soon as I entered, she threw a rag on me, which, according to herself, was torn from a man who had the plague!" ”

Although Mingyue hadn't heard of the plague in Daliang, she knew that many people had died in the war recently, and it was the weather of the autumn tiger ahead, if the corpse was not handled well, it was not impossible for the plague to occur. Therefore, although she was skeptical of Princess Huanting's words, she was still afraid that if what she said was true, she never dared to let He Zhizhou get close to her.

Before she finished speaking, she was hugged into her arms by He Zhizhou, who casually stunned Princess Huanting to the ground.

Mingyue was so frightened that she almost screamed, and pushed him desperately with a white face: "What are you doing?" Don't die, don't you? Let me go, in case I do get the plague and infect you again...... You let go, hear no! ”

"Fool, where did the plague come from, she lied to you." After a long time, He Zhizhou's tense body slowly relaxed, "Was it frightened just now?" ”

Mingyue was still a little worried, "What if it's really ...... It's better to let the imperial doctor come over and see it first. You stay away from me, I'll go shower and change clothes first. ”

couldn't resist her, He Zhizhou had no choice but to let her go, and he happened to deal with the scourge of Princess Huanting.

Princess Wan Ting didn't wake up for long, she lay on the cold ground, her eyes fell on He Zhizhou's black uppers, she smiled softly as if she was self-deprecating, and said with the burning pain in her throat: "What is Brother He going to do with me?" ”

"I have already given you a chance before, but you don't cherish it." He Zhizhou sat in the chair expressionlessly and looked at her condescendingly.

This woman who was inexplicably posted on it had always felt very strange to him. He just inadvertently saved her life, gave her a ride, and turned his head and left this matter behind, and this woman was even a little girl who was not on his shoulders at that time, he had long forgotten her, but she was inexplicably deeply rooted in his affection, and even did not hesitate to appear in front of him in that way. Before her true face was revealed, he was indeed grateful to her for sending Mingyue back, but later found out that all this was directed and acted by her, so naturally she didn't have any good feelings for her person. He even sent someone to arrest her, but she still rushed to him without hesitation, except for looking for death, He Zhizhou really couldn't understand what her inexplicable measures were for.

"Sure enough, it's as ruthless as ever." Princess Huanting looked up at him weakly and smiled, "Brother He, I have liked you for so many years, since I saw you for the first time, I like you so much, I like it so much...... I don't hesitate to disobey my father's will. I hated you so much for that woman, I wanted to kill her, I had many opportunities to kill her, but in the end, I still let her go, and even the plague was just a deception to her. Because I know that you love her, I can't bear to make you sad, so I didn't kill her - Brother He, I like you so much, I can't even go back to Yanguo for you, why can't you take a good look at me? ”

She moved her lips, as if she still had a stomach full of things to say, but in the end she clenched her teeth, her eyes blinked, and big tears rolled out, like a child who was fed up with grievances, and was extremely sad, "I like you as much as you like her." Obviously, I met you first, and I liked you first. But why is it that luckily she's not me? ”